Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Gnome, and stands approximately 3'1". She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and her gloved hand is found clutching a longsword. Her golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. Her first spouse was a Jeweler, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. Her hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. Her brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her brown hair is wavy and long. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Painter and was forced into it by her family; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She has a long silver ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

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. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. 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 Painter. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Military, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: She wears a brown shirt, with a tan mid length skirt with tan tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her dagger, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. She is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around her ears. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her singing with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 400 sp.

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 silk and lounges about seductively. His hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He was born in the east. In his 18th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Mindartis alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 600 sp. Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). 1 Antitoxin.

Description: This tall, slender man has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his brown robe. He wears a colorful flower in his black crest. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are white and perfect.

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. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Gorbundus is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and to be a barrister again

Ideals: Persistence, Justice, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears brown trousers with grey and brown striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His fur is short and lavender. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: The child of a Barrister, who enjoyed hunting, Elegant was taken on many hunting expeditions. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Mentor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (100 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with white colored cloaks and clothing, and is pretty ugly. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: To be a Tailor again; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1700 sp.