Description: This woman wears tattered old clothes. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Slave Trader arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She is content; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat and is in decent physical shape. Her white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 900 pp. Carnelian (50 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Sard (50 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her brown hair is thinning but still full. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: This woman loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Lerissa was born with her father's beautiful face. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. 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: Money/treasure; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 5'1". She wears long strands of jet and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, and her gloved hand is found clutching a bow. She has moderate length blonde hair. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Miner who has hired her part-time. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and expand her business

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1400 gp. Alexandrite (1500 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Rose (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She keeps her copper crest in a pixie cut. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady red eyes.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dragonborns in the west were limited. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 150 pp. Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Amber (80 gp).

Description: She has a missing right arm. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her bow with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are brown.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Nora lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 2000 sp. Pink pearl (120 gp). Amethyst (120 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and tends to wear a large grey jacket. He has shaved his head bald. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Depressed, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She wears long strands of ruby and short tan dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her hair is short and white. She has green eyes and a tan hat with a white feather.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Malquis lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature nunchaku.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 16000 cp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering his clean studded leather. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Seebo fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.