Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep red leather and dull brown iron scale mail. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Spy arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His green crest is greasy and uncared for. His red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Ghesh was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Mentor. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 60 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. He carries with him a set of nunchakus, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His scarlet crest is lengthy. His red eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is a great chef.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A gifted student he started as a Banker, but he got bored and became a Priest. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Priest for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand his business; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Chalcedony (50 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion.

Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are likewise silver.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She comes from a rich western family. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and balancing her hectic life and new fortune-teller responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Forgetful, Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Solid gold idol (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His cinnamon fur is heavily combed to the left. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 10000 sp. Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Black opal (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Zepar isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Tiefling unity. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1000 sp. Rock crystal (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp).

Description: This woman wears a brown shirt with thin red vertical stripes and grey pants. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on her right hand. Her long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1400 gp. Fire opal (1400 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with blue slacks. Her blonde hair is thinning but still full. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Sailor. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her music with anyone who is interested.

History: Oriel lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Family, Religious. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 50 gp.