Description: 2'8" and muscular, this eastern woman wears just a red suit. Her auburn hair is unkempt and raggedy. She has brown eyes.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Emerald (600 gp). Blue diamond (7000 gp). Black opal (600 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Sard (30 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. Her skin is dark but she possesses many white ritualistic tattoos. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her hair is brown and very short. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born into a rich family. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Doctor. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (80 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (170 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (170 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His auburn hair is knotted and matted. His skin is flawless and his green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. The war was a terrible time for him, and Nicholas does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the east. A gifted student he started as a Navigator, but he got bored and became a Layabout. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 7000 gp. Sard (30 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Rose (30 gp). Fire opal (1500 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Jet (100 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Blue sapphire (1500 gp). Jade (100 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Emerald (1500 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His hair is cut close to his head. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he's in love

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Has a crush. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 5000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (170 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (40 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears an entirely blue suit with tan socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her red hair is braided into rings. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Waywocket lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1000 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (60 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Rose (80 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Jet (120 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Black opal (800 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Jet (120 gp). Coral (120 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Black star sapphire (800 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). White pearl (120 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a grey collared shirt and blue pants. He accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Merchant. He tends to his Merchant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Military. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 8000 gp. Amber (140 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Jet (140 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Fire opal (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.