Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. She is typically in her Body Guard uniform, marred by chocolates. Her white hair is heavily combed to the left. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: To unite with her brother.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1300 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (5000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp).

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She is an epitome of beauty. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Veloptima was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and expand her business

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 300 pp. A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears suspenders and green workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy green leather apron most of the time. He wears his copper crest down. His ears are large.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Born to a Laborer, his mother struggled to pay the bills. 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 Marshal. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Marshal for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Marshal responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 10000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (40 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (40 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. This silver eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is content; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 14000 gp. Malachite (15 gp). Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Jade (90 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Rose (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 3'3" and wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a tan coat. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Courier born in the past three hundred years. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and balancing his hectic life and new courier responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Slave, Debt. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 8000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (130 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (30 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (30 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (130 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (30 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (130 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a grey small hat and grey clothes. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. A friendly and beautiful Dwarf, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

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

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Server

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 7000 gp. Pink pearl (140 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Coral (140 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her hair is brown and curly. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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 moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Sensitive, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 12000 gp. Hematite (9 gp). Jet (40 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Amber (40 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.