Description: Runty and weak-looking, she prefers to wear tan clothing when she does not wear armor. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length chestnut hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is a Courier first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. Her parents enrolled her in a Druid school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and tiefling compassion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 10000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2200 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her long yellow fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Tree will drive conversation. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Citrine (30 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Black opal (900 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Jet (130 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 man stands a little under 5'0" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a fancy brown suit. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. 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: Henry was born with his mother's beautiful face. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Crown-heir work with an outfit from a few towns over. Crown-heir work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 2000 gp. Black opal (700 gp). Sard (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Jet (140 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and prefers to wear flannel. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her red hair is braided into rings. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Ploughman arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She found a children's book about a Gnome Druid who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 4000 gp. Carnelian (60 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Pink diamond (4000 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Jasper (60 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He likes to wear green tank tops with black pants. His brown hair is lengthy. His eyes are a pleasant silver.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. 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 Masseuse. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her silver hair is heavily combed to the right. She has gleaming, smiling silver eyes.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and expand her business

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 7000 gp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Rose (30 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 5'10" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. Her chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She is baby faced.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Lilith was born on a far southern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Bounty Hunter. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 5000 gp. Bloodstone (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Amber (100 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.