Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a fancy red dress. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Marigold is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Justice, Logical. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: Obsidian (7 gp). Rose (40 gp). Sard (40 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She has a very tight haircut. Her skin is flawless and her hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the north were limited. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. His auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born in the north. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Interpreter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a black costume with the symbols of strength on her torso. Her crest is bronze and very short. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes goblins are coming to abduct people. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. Because her mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, goblins burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her father from journeying west to reunite her family. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a tan coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon her head. Her blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. 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 son.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. A gifted student she started as a Navigator, but she got bored and became a Performer. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Rich, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 150 gp. Coral (90 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor. She has wavy white hair. This amber eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. 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. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 200 sp. Chrysoberyl (60 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man usually wears his brown robe and has his longbow always slung over his shoulder. His cinnamon fur is unkempt and raggedy. He has blue eyes.

Personality: Harvest speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Harvest was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 240 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His red hair is greasy and uncared for. He has blue eyes and a yellow hat with a grey feather.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Banded mail.