Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a sickle, but if one is not available she will default to her scythe. She is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around her ears. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Gnomish activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Gnomish doctor. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion; and a deep hatred of drow

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 900 pp. Carnelian (60 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Jade (90 gp). Jade (90 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp).

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He keeps his red fur in a pixie cut. This yellow eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He got into the Performer business at a young age. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Performer for the past few years.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Aquamarine (1100 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Jade (50 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Emerald (800 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Zircon (60 gp).

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Yvonne was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Tanner.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she is content

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 10000 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (90 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She wears her black hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Jacoba will drive conversation. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: Gold music box (4000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (10 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (10 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 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: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

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. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Artistic, Logical, Optimist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 3000 gp. Obsidian (4 gp). Zircon (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a worn and beaten armor, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His fur is cut close to his head. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born into a rich family. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Some 2 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Silent never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: In love, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 2000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (100 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears just a black suit. She keeps her silver hair in a pixie cut. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Apothecary business.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Justice, Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 500 pp. Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Rich purple corundum (1200 gp).