Description: She prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. She is physically well-built. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was born in the north. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: This man wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His crest is short and red. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 150 gp. Hematite (14 gp).

Description: He wears professional attire. He is physically well-built. His hair is chestnut and very short. His eyes are likewise red.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the east. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Gnomish activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Gnomish doctor. He's also a talented Butcher, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and a strong sense of loyalty to gnomish people

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She wears skinny pants and wears a grey and pastel robe with the hood down. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. Her brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His hair is brown and very short. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Senteq isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Job, Rich. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 260 gp. 3 Antitoxin.

Description: She is a husky woman, who is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Courier. Her long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Courier who has hired her part-time. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Courier business.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1200 sp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Elf, and stands approximately 5'1". She typically wears yellow cloth garments or leather armor, and her gloved hand is found clutching a whip. Her chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She hates giants. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. 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 taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Insomniac, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her hair is brown and curly. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1200 sp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly crossbows and daggers. She has dyed her greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. 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 raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Dilettante arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 310 gp.