Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her green crest is thinning but still full. She has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her parents were killed by illithids in a raid when she was still a young child. The illithids captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away; and she wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: He is typically in his Spice Merchant uniform. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his axe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. His red fur is heavily combed to the right. He has gleaming, smiling yellow eyes.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: Shadow was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He worked as a nervous Spice Merchant and found it very stressful. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 110 gp. Red-brown spinel (140 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears tattered old clothes. Her chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Holy water.

Description: This man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His golden hair is long and unkept. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his top tan hat.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Arumawann isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Servant arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 19000 cp.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Actor. She keeps her orange fur in a flapper bob. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 700 sp. Freshwater pearl (8 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a simple violet robe with blue stripes complete with hood. He has no hair. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He has all his life been fascinated with painting.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This woman wears a brown vest and prefers green and pastel shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her hair is long and blonde with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small brown clips. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. 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: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. After coming to the age of reason, Vistra took it upon herself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This dark-skinned female wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She wears a colorful flower in her golden hair. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Syllin was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, tan shirt, and brown tie, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She wears her chestnut hair down. She wears an eyepatch.

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 cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In her 12th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: To end her boredom.

Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 230 gp.