Description: This woman is very fat, and prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her tied-back hair is auburn. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She hates Gnomes with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Oppah lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 300 pp. Bloodstone (80 gp). Rose (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Red garnet (110 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). White opal (1000 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He tends to wear a large grey jacket. His hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Beloril isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Dwarven unity. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Beloril hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, illithids burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the east, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying east to reunite his family. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Server

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a grey tunic with yellow highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Cook.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing her hectic life and new cook responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Chrysoprase (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears tattered old clothes. His red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Umpen lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the south were limited. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 900 pp. Peridot (70 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Coral (130 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). Jade (130 gp). Rich purple corundum (700 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is wearing a tight grey one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Dalgal isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Dwarven unity. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. Now he works as a singing tutor during his time off.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 800 pp. Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Rose (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a green coat with tan slacks. She carries with her a set of hand crossbows, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her hair is long and blonde with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small black clips. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her top black hat.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and doesn't want to be a actor and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1500 pp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. With wild black hair. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She has all her life been fascinated with music.

History: Born in the west to a Hunter, Nagrette learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. In her 18th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She's also a talented Server, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Onyx (60 gp). Amber (110 gp). 1 Medium magic item.