Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, she wears suspenders and blue workpants. Her shirt is brown, and she wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. Her black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: Tabaxi compassion; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Azurite (16 gp). Jade (40 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair is cut close to his head. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Folgûm speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Merchant arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 1400 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (50 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). Gold and ruby ring (11000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (90 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2800 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (50 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (50 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2800 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she dresses well, wearing tan shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She has done her best to style her golden hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. Ostracized due to the divine powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 900 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. He has purple hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 6000 gp. Solid gold idol (600 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (160 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (70 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (70 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (70 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1200 gp). Silver ewer (70 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (160 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he has the majority of his body covered in plate. His hair is black and curly. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Kildrak was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Recently the stress of being a Carter has made it difficult for him to sleep.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 11000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (80 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (30 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (10000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (80 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (30 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (80 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His black hair is cut short. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. 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: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To be a Fletcher again; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature, Slave, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 6000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (150 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered pastel stockings. His fur, while still mostly gray, has prominent grey streaks. He is baby faced.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Flame was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Flame's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and he has a crush on the local marshal

Flaws: Racist, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 600 pp. Alexandrite (1200 gp). Coral (50 gp). Jet (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Jade (50 gp). Moss agate (11 gp).