Description: She is a mite stocky and wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a greatsword, but if one is not available she will default to her kukri. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. Through the years after Whurdred was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Whurdred's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1100 pp. Coral (100 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Jet (100 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Jade (100 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Clear bright green emerald (2000 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp).

Description: She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Anne lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Spy and was forced into it by her family; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 200 pp. Black opal (700 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Sard (80 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Blue-white diamond (8000 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp).

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has dyed her greying green crest a little too much giving a sharp green color. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Synthrin is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was born in the south. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 6000 gp. Silver pearl (130 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Black star sapphire (800 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Blue-white diamond (7000 gp). White pearl (130 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Brown diamond (7000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears long strands of opal and short red dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He has wavy white hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Halfling in existence. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father 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 hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Fearful, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 18000 gp. Gold music box (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Gold and ruby ring (5000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'7" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She tends to wear a large tan jacket. She has a long red ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. Birel was born on a far southern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Guard. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 11000 gp. Violet garnet (900 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Sard (50 gp). White opal (800 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Hematite (16 gp).

Description: She wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She has dyed her greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Cumpen isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. As a young child she wandered into the woods despite her father's warnings against it. Afterwards she claimed she had encountered gnolls who tried to eat her hand. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Healer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 3000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (100 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (30 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull black iron scale mail. His red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Adelard was born with his mother's beautiful face. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 south. 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: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Family, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (800 gp). Rose (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.