Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat, marred by sweets. She has a very tight haircut. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Stacee fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: This woman is wearing a long, violet cloak. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She has red hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Gnomish companion (her 'brother'). Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Cartwright and was forced into it by her family; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Adventurer, Military, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She has a long blonde ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'6" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He has no hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines white.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He found a children's book about a Tiefling Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (50 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp).

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Spice Merchant does, and he perpetually has his trident ready. His chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He is a Spice Merchant first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Balimaar hails from a village terrorized by brigands. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by brigands. Balimaar was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 10 pp. Red garnet (110 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. She wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants. She has a hunchback. She wears her brown hair up. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Neega has worked very hard to control her curse. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born into a rich family. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 2000 cp. Chrysoprase (40 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears baggy green pantaloons and a black scarf. His black hair is still thick. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are white.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Fletcher arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Fletcher. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and balancing his hectic life and new fletcher responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Opinionated, Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. This red eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Makaria lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and she feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Mundane, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 400 gp. A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (30 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (60 gp). 1 Breastplate.