Description: This tall, slender woman wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a green coat. She has white crest. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She is a Deep Scion in disguise. She worked as a nervous Bather and found it very stressful. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to protect her home

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Bather

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

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. His skin is light but he possesses many pastel ritualistic tattoos. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His long white hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He is a Tanner first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is a great chef.

History: Ribbles was born with his mother's beautiful face. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. He has worked as a Tanner like his mother before him.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body, and is pretty ugly. Her brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the east were limited. 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: She seems to be bored by most things; and her religion dominates her actions

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Guardian, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: She is a mite stocky and is dressed in an above average manner. Her brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Kasdeya is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. She worked as a nervous Blacksmith and found it very stressful. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Blacksmith.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing her hectic life and new blacksmith responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 120 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (80 gp).

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears an entirely red suit with green socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Healer profession.

History: Dell lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Healer they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Body Guard, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is content; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane, Mundane. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Simple lock. 1 Silk rope. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: This man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his left hand. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is a great chef.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Carpenter for hire.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and balancing his hectic life and new carpenter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Military, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: A 3'1" northern woman, she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around her ears. 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 has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

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. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Apothecary. She tends to her Apothecary job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 350 gp.

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 custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. He has a auburn handlebar mustache and slicked back auburn hair. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed brown hat.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Drogo hails from a village terrorized by brigands. He worked as a nervous Baker and found it very stressful. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Baker for hire.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and to be a cook again

Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 130 gp.