Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a tattered pair of loose white pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her auburn hair is heavily combed to the right. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Born to a Scribe, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Volen has worked very hard to control her curse. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her black hair is still thick. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gifted student she started as a Apothecary, but she got bored and became a Performer. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: In love, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 400 sp.

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 typically in her Courier uniform. She keeps her long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. She's also a talented Detective, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To be a Detective again; and balancing her hectic life and new courier responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He carries with him a set of pickaxes on his belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. His auburn hair is unkempt and raggedy. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Bookbinder for hire.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is dressed in earthy colors with a green and grey handkerchief worn on his left side. He keeps his long green crest kept up in a rat tail. This red eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Family, Religious. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a tight fitting violet shirt and pants. His black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears a simple green robe with black stripes complete with hood. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady red eyes.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He's also a talented Barkeep, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Poor, Job. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 80 gp. Rose (70 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her golden hair is wavy and long. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Menny is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born in a small island village. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She bought a scythe and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to gnomish people

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Nature. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: White pearl (100 gp).

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears a fancy grey dress. Her auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. 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: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She worked as a nervous Beggar and found it very stressful. She tends to her Beggar job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She is content; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Opinionated, Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Zircon (50 gp).