Description: She is in excellent shape and wears bulky yellow painted plate armor. Her chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Gnomish companion (her 'brother'). Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 4000 gp. Banded agate (13 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Rose (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He sports a flattop fur cut. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Bookbinder arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 4000 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. She is baby faced.

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 does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her martial abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it; and revenge

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1000 pp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (10 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2800 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp).

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her green crest is thinning but still full. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. Driindar enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born into a rich family. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Carpenter for the past few years.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to end her boredom

Flaws: Mundane, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Pink pearl (150 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Azurite (7 gp).

Description: He wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is blue, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time, and carries shortspears. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length white hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

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 refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 pp. Coral (140 gp). Amber (140 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Rich purple corundum (1500 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Jade (140 gp). Moonstone (30 gp).

Description: An older man who wears many layers of old clothing at all times, he is not a threatening figure. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: The child of a Sage, who enjoyed hunting, Shifting was taken on many hunting expeditions. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He bought a mace and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Poor, Family, Nature. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 6000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (50 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He carries with him a set of sickles on his belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He keeps his red hair in a pixie cut. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. 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 in the south. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the south were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is greedy; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 500 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.