Description: She is a mite stocky and wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She wears her silver hair up. She has a dull look in her gold eyes.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: She comes from a rich western family. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter.

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 16000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (40 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'9". She is well dressed, constantly wearing a grey suit, blue shirt, and black tie. Her tied-back hair is white. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. 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: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature greatsword.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion; and revenge

Bonds: Job, Family, Military, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (180 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2300 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (180 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has a hunchback. His blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Ishmoz was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. At a young age his father died while driving off some illithids. His mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in flail use. 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. Ishmoz fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1100 pp. Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Sard (60 gp). Jacinth (5000 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Rose (60 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Iolite (60 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: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He carries with him a set of daggers, each one with a emerald on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has shaved his head bald. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Poor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 4000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears dark leathers with embroidery, and is pretty ugly. She has silver hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Dilettante who has hired her part-time. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. When Ielenia reached her early adolescence her Half-Elf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She's in love.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Has a crush, Poor, Military. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 4000 gp. Jasper (80 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His hair is cut close to his head. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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: He is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist, Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man wears a simple black robe with blue stripes complete with hood. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on his left hand. He wears a colorful flower in his white hair. His black eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Sardonyx (30 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). White opal (1400 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Jet (60 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Coral (60 gp). Jet (60 gp). Coral (60 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Carnelian (30 gp).