Description: A middle-aged man, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times, and is pretty ugly. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Gerard has worked very hard to control his curse. He came across an abandoned tomb where he found a relic that called out to him. After picking it up he was cursed by a spirit.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 7000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (150 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Silver ewer (50 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (150 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (50 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She sports golden long hair. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Veloptima isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Soapmaker profession.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. She has worked as a Bather like her mother before her.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Eye agate (16 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Sard (70 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Black opal (1400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Amber (70 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She wears a colorful flower in her red hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with dancing. She constantly tries to fill her life with dancing. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born to a Sage, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Poor. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 10000 gp. Solid gold idol (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1300 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (170 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (170 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp).

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and likes to wear ponchos typically of a light yellow in addition to tight pants. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her auburn hair is knotted and matted. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing writing.

History: She was born in the west. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Spice Merchant. She tends to her Spice Merchant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and balancing her hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1100 pp. Gold music box (3000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (70 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 12000 gp. A silver and pearl hairclip (40 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (120 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She wears bulky brown painted plate armor. She has wavy chestnut hair. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of drow may trigger it at times.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

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

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Sard (40 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Coral (110 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Black opal (600 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants, and is pretty ugly. He has a very tight haircut. He has a tattooed face.

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. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. He worked as a nervous Bookbinder and found it very stressful. He has achieved small success as a Bookbinder.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1500 pp. Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Moss agate (9 gp).