Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her long black hair reaches down to her waist. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She takes great joy in being the best Bather in town.

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. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She has taken up work as a Bather and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Bather responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 4000 gp. Chalcedony (20 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Rose (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Onyx (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman likes to wear blue tank tops with pastel skirt. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on her left hand. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: The child of a Banker, who enjoyed hunting, Mardnab was taken on many hunting expeditions. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 10000 gp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (40 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (40 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (40 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1200 pp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her white hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Courier business.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

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

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Sardonyx (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively, and carries warhammers. His silver hair and beard is wavy and long. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Military. Occupation: Server

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 12000 gp. Malachite (10 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Sard (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears tan trousers with brown and blue striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His red hair is greasy and uncared for. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: Gifted from a young age, Pallabar studied abroad. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He was granted druidic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Racist, PTSD. Occupation: Actor

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

Possessions: Banded agate (10 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). White opal (1100 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has a long golden beard with little hanging trinkets. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. A gifted student he started as a Sellsword, but he got bored and became a Performer. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Sensitive, Fearful. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 700 pp. Banded agate (4 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.