Description: This woman tends to wear a blue poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on her right hand. Her white hair is knotted and matted. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Mortician arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. While she appears to be a normal Elf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Opinionated, Professionalism. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 12000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (30 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2100 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (160 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp).

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. His golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Fonkin embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Through the years after Fonkin was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Fonkin's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Fonkin and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Military. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1000 gp. Onyx (40 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). White opal (1000 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She wears a violet shirt, with a grey mid length skirt with grey tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her white hair is cut short. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 6000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (80 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2100 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He has a golden handlebar mustache and slicked back golden hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Gerald hails from a village terrorized by goblins. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to be a ruler again

Ideals: Logical, Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Solid gold idol (900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp).

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She sports grey clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. With wild red hair. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She was granted druidic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Navigator

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

Possessions: 2000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Jet (40 gp). White pearl (40 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Citrine (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He has a small bristly mustache and wavy black hair. This blue eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Patrick hails from a village terrorized by illithids. In his 14th 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 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: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 6000 gp. Black star sapphire (400 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Sard (60 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp). Rose (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. He dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with grey slacks. He has a hunchback. He keeps his auburn hair in a flapper bob. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Brogg 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. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 5000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item.