Description: This slender man stands about 5'0". He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Paelias embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Paelias was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 7000 gp. Coral (130 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). White pearl (130 gp). Jet (130 gp).

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, she wears silk and lounges about seductively. She wears her silver hair down. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Virra speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

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. When Virra reached her early adolescence her Gnome 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 routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 8000 gp. Solid gold idol (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (40 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (40 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length red hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are red.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Sensitive, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 10000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (60 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. She wears a colorful flower in her chestnut hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Dragonborn culture. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Traulam hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Because her father participated in the massacre of their homeland, dire rats burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her mother from journeying south to reunite her family. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and revenge

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1000 pp. Iolite (20 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Star ruby (900 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp).

Description: She tends to wear a tan poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She wears her golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. 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: Caelynn was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and balancing her hectic life and new slave trader responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Black pearl (400 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Rose (70 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Jade (130 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 5'0" and wears a robe, a symbol of death around her neck, and a mace on her belt. She has shaved her head bald. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Barkeep. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Barkeep for hire.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing her hectic life and new barkeep responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. Azurite (7 gp). Sard (80 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she wears bulky blue painted plate armor. She wears her silver hair up. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She was born in the east. Claira was born on a far eastern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Barrister. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 7000 gp. Amber (100 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Blue-white diamond (5000 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Rose (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.