Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep pastel leather and dull brown iron scale mail. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her gray fur is long and unkept. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

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. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family, Military. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: This malnourished man wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His long golden hair reaches down to his waist. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

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. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Assassin hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 130 gp. Amber (140 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, pastel shirt, and tan tie. His white hair has been sun bleached extensively. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Sailor. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: The child of a Brewer, who enjoyed hunting, Kothûg was taken on many hunting expeditions. A gifted student he started as a Brewer, but he got bored and became a Sailor. He struck the Sailor job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 30000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 4'4", this man is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. He is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Addict. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: French accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This malnourished woman wears bulky tan painted plate armor. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her father. Because her father participated in the massacre of their homeland, brigands burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her mother from journeying west to reunite her family. After a long history of fighting, Xanaphia and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She wants revenge against brigands; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Hunter

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

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, 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 crest is gold and curly. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Through the years after Patrin was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Patrin's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Forgetful, Disease. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 3100 gp.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized violet coat. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with his Navigator father left him crippled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Selfish. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Black pearl (200 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Sindri was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 9 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Sindri never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Performer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 360 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She prefers to wear flannel. Her long black hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes drow are coming to abduct people. 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: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 400 gp.