Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her blonde hair is thinning but still full. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 18. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Shepherd. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Shepherd for hire.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 18000 gp. Red garnet (50 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). White opal (600 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Black opal (600 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Rose (50 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Sard (50 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Sard (50 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Sard (50 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Symma isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She got into the Shipwright business at a young age. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Human companion (her 'brother'). She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and to be a spy again

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 1800 pp. Moss agate (8 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Black opal (1500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Sard (60 gp). Black opal (1500 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, marred by sweets. He has a very tight haircut. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Miles is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Miles was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Scribe. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Scribe for hire.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Extrovert, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 11000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp).

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat, and carries whips. Her blonde hair is cut short. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. 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. Audhild fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence, Professionalism. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 6000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a black costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes goblins are coming to abduct people. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants revenge against goblins; and many goblins want him driven away

Ideals: Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 500 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a tattered pair of loose pastel pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His red fur is matted, messy, and big. His ears are large.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Priest hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Disciplined, Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 400 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (40 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her brown eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 6000 gp. Onyx (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Jacinth (3000 gp). Jade (40 gp).