Description: With yellow face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a blue shirt with thin violet vertical stripes and yellow pants. His black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Guardian, Debt. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 4000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp).

Description: This woman wears a fancy blue dress. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her hair is long and brown with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small blue clips. She has brown eyes.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 2000 gp. Eye agate (5 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Coral (110 gp). Clear bright green emerald (2000 gp). Sard (30 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Eye agate (5 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is dressed in an above average manner, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Tervaround embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, In love. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp). White pearl (160 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Coral (160 gp). Black star sapphire (700 gp). Amber (160 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. She wears a brown tunic with blue highlights, and long red pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has a hunchback. Her red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Gifted from a young age, Avice studied abroad. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered singing. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and she is content

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1100 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (180 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (180 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (180 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (10000 gp). Gold and ruby ring (10000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (180 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (180 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (20 gp).

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she wears dull brown sweaters, loose red pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed shield, just in case. Her black hair is long and unkept. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Gunnloda has worked very hard to control her curse. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 3000 gp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'10" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a white coat. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Grigi was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Black pearl (300 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Jet (140 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). White opal (600 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Sard (60 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Coral (140 gp). Sard (60 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with green slacks. She has red hair. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Emen was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Revenge; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 14000 gp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.