Description: This tall, slender woman wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She sports golden long hair. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Veloptima isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Soapmaker profession.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. She has worked as a Bather like her mother before her.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Eye agate (16 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Sard (70 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Black opal (1400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Amber (70 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is typically in her Engraver uniform. Her red hair, when down, is lengthy. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Althaea hails from a village terrorized by drow. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Engraver. She's also a talented Detective, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 11000 gp. Iolite (20 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a black coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon his head. He wears his white hair down. His gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Cimer has worked very hard to control his curse. After a long history of fighting, Cimer and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic, Insane. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Alexandrite (800 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Black opal (400 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Amber (90 gp).

Description: 3'11" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her silver hair is braided into rings. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Born in the east to a Navigator, Artin learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She's also a talented Animal Trainer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and balancing her hectic life and new navigator responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Jade (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). White opal (400 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Amber (70 gp). Canary diamond (6000 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Blue sapphire (400 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. She has blue eyes and a brown hat with a green feather.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. The war was a terrible time for her, and Balifra does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Balifra was born with her mother's beautiful face. Through the years after Balifra was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Balifra's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 500 pp. Alexandrite (1500 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Coral (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Rose (20 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Jet (80 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears bulky black painted plate armor, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'0" when asserting himself. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Healer business.

History: He got into the Healer business at a young age. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Healer responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Opinionated, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Debt. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1000 pp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (170 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears violet painted combat armor at almost all times. She has auburn hair. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 6000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (150 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A small bag of saffron. (90 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). Gold and ruby ring (4000 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (90 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (90 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (150 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (150 gp).