Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. Sporting a white mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson tan hat.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Fabien embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict, Greedy. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 7000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (70 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (11000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (120 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (120 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 6'2" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a black costume with the symbols of strength on her torso. She wears her brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her brown eyes.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. Through the years after Tawar was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Tawar's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Tawar and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 1200 pp. Red spinel (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Blue star sapphire (900 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Coral (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Emerald (900 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a worn and beaten armor and is in decent physical shape. Her auburn hair is braided into rings. Her skin is flawless and her amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Nora enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her childhood dream was to be a Sailor, but she was a colossal failure. She struck the Spice Merchant job and began her own company from there.

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

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1100 pp. White pearl (80 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Jet (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a green coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon her head, and she perpetually has her halberd ready. Her chestnut hair is lengthy. Her eyes are black and catlike.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 800 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (70 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (70 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp).

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears tattered old clothes. She has no hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Maiathah has worked very hard to control her curse. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 700 pp. Black pearl (400 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Sard (40 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. 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. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Engraver for hire.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Debt. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 900 pp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1000 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (100 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1500 gp).

Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her sickle, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. She has red hair. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the east were limited. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Fisher. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Has a crush, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1100 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (40 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp).