Description: This tall, slender man wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has hazel eyes and a tan hat with a black feather.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Qualen will drive conversation. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Military, Family, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'1" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears just a tan suit. His head has been shaved. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Through the years after Laucian was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Laucian's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Obsidian (9 gp). Coral (130 gp).

Description: Standing 4'9", this woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her silver hair is wavy and long. Her skin is flawless and her violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with music. She constantly tries to fill her life with music. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Artistic, Opinionated, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 700 sp. Red spinel (50 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man wears green painted combat armor at almost all times and is in decent physical shape. He has done his best to style his rusty crest to look like a famous performer. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. Being a Dilettante kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her bronze crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. Her eyes are likewise red. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 95. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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 was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 3200 sp. 1 Breastplate. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her dark red hair is smooth and relatively long. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the west. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (80 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'8" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a pastel deerstalker hat and pastel clothes. Her fur, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are yellow and beady.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her music with anyone who is interested.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: Standing 4'10", this woman wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her brown hair is knotted and matted. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Mialee is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Mialee lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Shipwright they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Butcher, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: She wants revenge against giants; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 700 sp. Onyx (50 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'4" and is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length black hair. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Ishgha was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 120 gp.