Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears long strands of amethyst and short green dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His white crest is braided into rings. His gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a Apothecary first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Kiirith is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born in the east. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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: To be a Beggar again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 3000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (90 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright violet and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He is portly but not overly obese. He has a auburn handlebar mustache and slicked back auburn hair. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Ploughman they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Barber, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Flaws: Greedy, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 6000 gp. Chrysoprase (60 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Amber (60 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Fire opal (1100 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Iolite (60 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a large brown jacket. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His blonde hair is still thick. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: John was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He was granted druidic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 5000 gp. Moonstone (40 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy brown fur. He wears an entirely pastel suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He has a hunchback. His brown fur is heavily combed to the left. He has yellow eyes and a pastel hat with a white feather.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. Jade liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Passionate, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (160 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears tan robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a shortspear, but if one is not available she will default to her scimitar. Her black hair is thinning but still full. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Breena isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. After coming to the age of reason, Breena took it upon herself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and doesn't want to be a courier and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 11000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a green armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down. He sports a flattop crest cut. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Body Guard born in the past three hundred years. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His childhood dream was to be a Gardener, but he was a colossal failure. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 12000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2700 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (130 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (20 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (130 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (20 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (20 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (130 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady red eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Tethren was born on a far western forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Glassblower. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 900 pp. Solid gold idol (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A small bag of saffron. (10 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (130 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (130 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (10 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (3000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (10 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (130 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (130 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.