Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears violet leather gloves, a violet jacket, and tight pants. She is an epitome of beauty. She keeps her chestnut hair in a pixie cut. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

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 keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Arara was born with her mother's beautiful face. She took after her mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her mother taught her to defend herself. When her mother died while fighting illithids, the young Arara began to lead the lost caravan. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His hair is silver and curly. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Caeldrim hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Caeldrim was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. The family's rival house kidnapped his sister with the intent that his sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (120 gp).

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather. His head has been shaved. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born to a Banker, his mother struggled to pay the bills. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Baern grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Baern. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears suspenders and tan workpants. Her shirt is green, and she wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time and is in decent physical shape. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Unemployed. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Unemployed for the past few years.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Flaws: Cynical, Racist, Depressed. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she tends to wear a grey poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born in the east to a Miller, Diesa learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Diesa liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Miller.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Terse, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a red shirt with thin black vertical stripes and yellow pants. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has green eyes and a red hat with a black feather.

Personality: Purban is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. He bought a scythe and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and a deep hatred of orcs

Ideals: Extrovert, Justice. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1000 sp. Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Coral (60 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp).

Description: Standing 3'7", this man wears a tan vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His grey leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his tan boots flare out at the collars. He has wavy silver hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing dancing.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and money/treasure

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He is an epitome of beauty. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. His green eyes peer out from beneath his top tan hat.

Personality: Sapply speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform 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 is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: He wears bulky tan painted plate armor. He carries a battered hand crossbow and tarnished dagger as well. His blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Theriatis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 20 pp. Jet (90 gp).