Description: She stands about 5'7" and prefers to wear violet pants and tee shirts. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. While she appears to be a normal Half-Elf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dwarven artifacts is her passion; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 500 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She prefers to wear green clothing when she does not wear armor. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her green crest is braided into rings. This gold eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

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. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Pyxrin grew up listening to her father's many stories. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Pyxrin fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1100 pp. Fire opal (800 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Coral (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Fire opal (800 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Jet (70 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears professional attire. Her golden hair is smooth and relatively long. Her hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 5'4". He sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, and his gloved hand is found clutching a lance. His hair is short and golden. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Theriatis alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Solid gold idol (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Mason. Her black crest is thinning but still full. Her gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and doesn't want to be a mason and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Sardonyx (70 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Blue sapphire (1500 gp). Jet (100 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.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his sickle with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around his ears. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is mildly Gnome supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He uses divination through singing.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. When Fibblestib reached his early adolescence his Gnome mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Religious, Military. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 12000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (150 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1900 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (9000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Silver ewer (50 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp).

Description: This woman wears a fancy blue dress. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on her left hand. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She is baby faced.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Ranala isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 3000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (150 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (150 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (50 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.