Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She wears an eyepatch.

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 has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Veloptima lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She's also a talented Bricklayer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

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

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1500 pp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Dorn was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Farmer responsibilities is difficult; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 400 pp. Aquamarine (400 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Blue sapphire (1400 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Rose (50 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Military, Rich. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 5000 gp. Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He likes to wear white tank tops with brown pants. His golden hair is greasy and uncared for. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Korag is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. His parents enrolled him in a Druid school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Gifted, Justice, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 2000 gp. Alexandrite (1000 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An older man who is wearing a long, tan cloak, he is not a threatening figure. He sports a flattop hair cut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered west to less war torn lands. He has worked as a Shepherd like his mother before him.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 4000 gp. Aquamarine (300 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Black opal (800 gp). White opal (800 gp). Sard (20 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (800 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Rock crystal (20 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. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor. His red hair is lengthy. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (50 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2300 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her hair is cut close to her head. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She uses divination through singing.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Silaqui has worked very hard to control her curse. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 3000 gp. Iolite (30 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 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.