Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears a simple blue robe with brown stripes complete with hood. Her hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the north were limited. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 4000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (30 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. Her hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. Her gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Manea was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 9000 gp. Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Fire opal (1100 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane and is in decent physical shape. His long blonde hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. While he appears to be a normal Half-Orc, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Secretive, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 9000 gp. White pearl (120 gp). Blue sapphire (600 gp). White opal (600 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Coral (120 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. His gold crest is unkempt and raggedy. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Quarethon was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Addict, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1000 gp. Coral (140 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Healer born in the past three hundred years. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Healer and was forced into it by his family; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Bonds: Job, Military, Immigrant, Rich, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 21000 gp. Citrine (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Star ruby (400 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Rose (30 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate, and carries longswords. His head has been shaved. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born into a rich family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Aelar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 600 pp. Fire opal (1100 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Jade (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears bulky white painted plate armor. She is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around her ears. Her eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Reeza was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 10000 gp. Jasper (40 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Coral (70 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Rose (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.