Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length black hair. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Healer arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Debt. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 17000 cp.

Description: This man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his left hand. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Delebean embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Delebean was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Delebean grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Delebean. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 900 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears black trousers with grey and tan striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her white hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she wears silk and lounges about seductively. She wears her brown hair up. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 52. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. Tordrid enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Guard hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: This man is wearing a long, grey cloak, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His blonde hair is cut short. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his hazel eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he's in love

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 100 sp. Eye agate (5 gp).

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Tabaxi, and stands approximately 6'0". She likes to wear pastel tank tops with black skirt, and her gloved hand is found clutching a trident. She sports a flattop fur cut. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. 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: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. She worked as a nervous Apothecary and found it very stressful. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look and is in decent physical shape. Her golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She moved out north to avoid the crime she committed. She became a Slave Trader soon after.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Mentor, Job, Religious. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 8000 sp. Amber (160 gp). Amethyst (160 gp).

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears red painted combat armor at almost all times. She is an epitome of beauty. Sporting a white mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Eran was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. 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 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: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1800 sp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.