Description: She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her kukri, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. Her tied-back hair is blonde. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. 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: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 7000 gp. Alexandrite (600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Jet (150 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). White opal (900 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A 4'11" eastern woman, she wears an entirely black suit with grey socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her blonde hair is wavy and long. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson black hat.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered east to less war torn lands. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Disease, Hedonist, PTSD. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1900 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears bulky yellow painted plate armor. She has no hair. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Courier business.

History: Tiaathque was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Courier hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and money/treasure

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp).

Description: This eastern man wears a fancy blue suit. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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 inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 5000 gp. Banded agate (15 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Emerald (700 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Brown diamond (3000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She wears her black hair up in a very large beehive style do. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Scribe. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Ellyjoybell was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Scribe. She became a Scribe soon after.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp). Jade (70 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Amber (70 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). Black star sapphire (1400 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp). Rose (30 gp). White pearl (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her golden hair is cut short. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. 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: Vorka lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and she's in love

Flaws: Sensitive, Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 12000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (140 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (90 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (140 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (140 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (90 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1800 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (90 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His blue crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Rhogar lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 6000 gp. Smoky quartz (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Onyx (60 gp).