Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears bulky tan painted plate armor, and is pretty ugly. Her blonde hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Extrovert, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 4000 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a fancy grey suit. His hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Guy was born the youngest of three triplets. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1000 gp. Gold music box (3000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears tan trousers with black and brown striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His brown hair is still thick. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He refers to his adoptive mother 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: The child of a Doctor, who enjoyed hunting, Arannis was taken on many hunting expeditions. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Doctor they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Sailor, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Silver pearl (140 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Fire opal (1100 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). White opal (1100 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 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: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1000 pp. Blue sapphire (400 gp). Star ruby (400 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Fire opal (400 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. Her fur is short and beige. Her hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: The child of a Carpenter, who enjoyed hunting, Tree was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She bought a monstrous two handed axe and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Shy, Hedonist, Insomniac. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 10000 gp. Aquamarine (1500 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Jacinth (2000 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Jacinth (2000 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Black opal (400 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Star ruby (400 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and very much looks the part of a Laborer. Her crest is green and very short. She has a dull look in her red eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was born in the north. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Laborer. She has worked as a Laborer like her father before her.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (70 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (70 gp). Silver ewer (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (70 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She has dyed her greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Veloptima embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. In her 19th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. After a long history of fighting, Veloptima and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful, Insane. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 3000 gp. A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (40 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (40 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (40 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Silver ewer (40 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp).