Description: He stands about 3'7" and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His golden hair is still thick. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Fortune-teller. He struck the Fortune-teller job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 14000 gp. Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (40 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears suspenders and blue workpants. His shirt is violet, and he wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. He has a long golden beard with little hanging trinkets. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Justice, Logical. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (130 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a tan coat, and is pretty ugly. She wears her black hair down. She has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 3000 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1700 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (30 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times, and is pretty ugly. His white hair is heavily combed to the left. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the west were limited. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1000 pp. White opal (1100 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Jade (160 gp). Canary diamond (4000 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Jet (160 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Rose (60 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Coral (160 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Hugolina is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Ruler and was forced into it by her family; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family, Attractive, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: Smoky quartz (30 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Amber (70 gp). Jade (70 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'8". She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with yellow colored cloaks and clothing. Her head has been shaved. She has a dull look in her green eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Maynild hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and balancing her hectic life and new cartwright responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1000 gp. Solid gold idol (800 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp).

Description: She is wearing a long, black cloak. She carries with her a set of scimitars on her belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. Her tied-back hair is golden. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is mildly Half-Orc supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was born into a rich family. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.