Description: This man stands a little under 4'0" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are green.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears bulky tan painted plate armor. He wears his auburn hair down. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic, Disease. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Disguise kit.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are gray.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Fearful, Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 170 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. He wears a brown coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head. He has a hunchback. His golden hair is smooth and relatively long. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was born into a rich family. Elaim was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Elaim decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: This man wears a black tunic with red highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his left hand. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. His skin is flawless and his blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was born in the south. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Pûgrish fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

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 has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 90 gp. 3 Thunderstones.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a tan armored body suit, with a simple black line shooting up and back down. Her golden hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Tana embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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 was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 230 gp. Citrine (40 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). Jet (110 gp).

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her silver hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. She has brown eyes and a white hat with a tan feather.

Personality: Shautha hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Shautha was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Job, Religious, Slave. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 80 gp. Malachite (10 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. This blue eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Creega was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Creega decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Actor kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Flaws: Shy, Addict, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 800 sp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp).