Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his sai with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has no fur. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the west. Serpent was born on a far western forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Seamstress. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and a strong sense of loyalty to gnomish people

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1200 pp. Smoky quartz (80 gp). Coral (120 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Golden pearl (120 gp). Jet (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her fur is beige and curly. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Doctor arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Scottish accent

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

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. His chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is a Merchant first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Gerard lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and doesn't want to be a merchant and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Justice, Persistence. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 4000 gp. Amber (160 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Jet (160 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. In her youth she was a Tailor, and wanted to be a champion fighter when she grew up. She was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives she lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. She saw the brutality and swore off her fighting aspirations, taking her younger sister on her back after seeing her parents die, and fled the country. 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: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Fighting. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Actor

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 6000 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (80 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a green deerstalker hat and green clothes, and she perpetually has her nunchaku ready. She has wavy silver hair. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Courier arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Gnomish companion (her 'brother'). Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 16000 gp. Rock crystal (30 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Rose (30 gp). Brown diamond (3000 gp). Sard (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. Her green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Flame wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Druid, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1000 gp. Zircon (20 gp). Rose (20 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Amber (150 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Amber (150 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her white hair is braided into rings. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her druidic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

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

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1200 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2600 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (30 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.