Description: This northern woman wears suspenders and tan workpants. Her shirt is black, and she wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Oda was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, 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 was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and her religion dominates her actions

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Black pearl (1500 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). White opal (800 gp). White opal (800 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Black star sapphire (800 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears baggy green pantaloons and a grey scarf. Her silver hair is lengthy. She has black eyes.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. Sorath enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She got into the Tanner business at a young age. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. After a long history of fighting, Sorath and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and expand her business

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 2000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (160 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She has a very tight haircut. She has green eyes and a white hat with a blue feather.

Personality: This woman loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: Born in the north to a Layabout, Verna learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (180 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (180 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This southern man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. His clothes are grease stained in places. His silver hair is smooth and relatively long. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the south were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 12000 gp. Alexandrite (300 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Star ruby (1000 gp). Rose (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Blue diamond (4000 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). White pearl (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This eastern woman wears a tattered pair of loose blue pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Bricklayer business.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Claira grew up listening to her father's many stories. Claira was born on a far eastern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Bricklayer. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature whip.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Passionate, Persistence. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1500 pp. Alexandrite (1200 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Fire opal (1100 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Azurite (12 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a fancy black suit. His bronze crest is knotted and matted. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He has all his life been fascinated with dancing.

History: He was born in a small forest village. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he is content

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 800 pp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (70 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (70 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (180 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a blue tunic with green highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has styled his auburn hair well, parting it to the right. His skin is flawless and his amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Sailor born in the past three hundred years. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Optimist, Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 7000 gp. Solid gold idol (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1900 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 (60 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (60 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp).