Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her golden hair is singed and shortened. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Shepherd. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She was born in a small desert village. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the east were limited. She's also a talented Sailor, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 6000 gp. Banded agate (6 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Black opal (1400 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Rose (60 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Coral (60 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Coral (60 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Peridot (60 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents and is in decent physical shape. Her fur is cut close to her head. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: She is content; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 3000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her red hair, when down, is lengthy. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 4000 gp. Sardonyx (40 gp). Coral (60 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She is physically well-built. She keeps her long beige fur kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are copper.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the east. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and expand her business

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 4000 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (4000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (90 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). Gold and ruby ring (4000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (10 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His golden hair is singed and shortened. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker red hat.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Spice Merchant arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Spice Merchant responsibilities is difficult; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Military, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 11000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and pastel handkerchief worn on her left side. Her blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady brown eyes.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. 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: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a large cave. She would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Diesa took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up hammer and armor she uses now. She's also a talented Painter, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 8000 gp. Malachite (11 gp). Clear bright green emerald (4000 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Jade (110 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Black opal (1000 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). White opal (1000 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a black shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and black pants. Her white crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her red eyes.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. 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: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 2000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (6000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (140 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (90 gp). A small bag of saffron. (90 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (140 gp). A small bag of saffron. (90 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.