Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a grey collared shirt and blue skirt. She accessorizes with a red scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. Thodris enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the west. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Spice Merchant responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 90 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Eye agate (13 gp).

Description: An older man who wears a worn and beaten armor, he is not a threatening figure. His long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Aerdeth is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born in the south. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Elven companion (his 'brother'). He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and he desires to right it; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 20 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears dull violet sweaters, loose grey pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed longsword, just in case. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family, Slave. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He is physically well-built. His chestnut hair is heavily combed to the left. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

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 kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was born in a small island village. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist. Bonds: Nature, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her crest is cut close to her head. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Shipwright. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is wearing a long, blue cloak. With a patchy silver beard and wild silver hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Jabbie embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Healer arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. After months of barely getting by, Jabbie managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 150 gp. Pink pearl (50 gp).

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she prefers to wear flannel. Her red hair is smooth and relatively long. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Through the years after Rose was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Rose's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. 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: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a jeweler again

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1 Breastplate.

Description: She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She keeps her auburn hair in a flapper bob. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Gifted from a young age, Alice studied abroad. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Alice has worked very hard to control her curse. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed, Addict, Disease. Occupation: Server

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around her ears. Her fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born to a Apothecary, her father struggled to pay the bills. Myev abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 200 sp.