Description: Standing 3'8", this man has the majority of his body covered in plate. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 9000 sp.

Description: This light-skinned female wears blue leather gloves, a blue jacket, and tight pants. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her white hair is long and unkept. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 4000 sp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He usually wears his black robe and has his pickaxe always slung over his shoulder. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his pickaxe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Nature, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1200 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (20 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her silver hair is wavy and long. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is mildly Half-Elf supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of orcs may trigger it at times.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 30 gp. Coral (80 gp).

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 4'10" and is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Glassblower. Her moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Heather was born with her father's beautiful face. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. Some 7 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Heather never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Enemies, Attractive, In love. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 5000 sp. Eye agate (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His fur is cut close to his head. His skin is flawless and his hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born in a small island village. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Skirt has worked very hard to control his curse. After a long history of fighting, Skirt and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and a strong sense of loyalty to gnomish people

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with tan colored cloaks and clothing. His hair is short and blonde. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Soapmaker for hire.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 13000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern woman wears dull blue sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed longbow, just in case. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears her auburn hair down. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'0" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She dresses like a well dressed Scribe does. Her brown hair is long and unkept. Her red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She worked as a nervous Scribe and found it very stressful. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and balancing her hectic life and new scribe responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Impulsive, Lazy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Just what you see.