Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His golden hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Umpen abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He came across an abandoned tomb where he found a relic that called out to him. After picking it up he was cursed by unlife.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion.

Flaws: Racist, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older woman who tends to wear a large violet jacket, she is not a threatening figure. Her hair is chestnut and very short. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is a Spice Merchant first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Valanthe was raised in a hard working conservative environment. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Recently the stress of being a Spice Merchant has made it difficult for her to sleep.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, In love, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 500 pp. Chrysoprase (80 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Jade (120 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Amber (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is lean but muscular and is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her brown hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Engraver. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: She sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, and she perpetually has her monstrous two handed axe ready. Her auburn hair is wavy and long. Her amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was born in a small forest village. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Hrathy 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 Hrathy. She bought a monstrous two handed axe and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

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; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 400 gp. Peridot (50 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp).

Description: Standing 6'2", this man wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He keeps his silver hair in a pixie cut. This brown eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He was granted druidic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her auburn hair is knotted and matted. Her skin is flawless and her blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She bought a pickaxe and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and revenge

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: This malnourished man wears a brown shirt, with a blue mid length shorts with blue tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His white fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Merchant; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Has a crush, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His white hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: This man loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Smoky quartz (60 gp).

Description: He wears a blue tunic with tan highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His hair is long and auburn with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small blue clips. His beard is blonde, braided, and well cared for. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Eiravel lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Servant they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Masseuse, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and he is content

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 3000 gp. Blue quartz (6 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp).