Description: 3'1" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears long strands of aquamarine and short tan dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She has dyed her greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Mardnab isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Mardnab was born with her mother's beautiful face. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Disguise kit. 1 Bullseye lantern. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep violet leather and dull green iron scale mail. His chestnut hair is long and unkept. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He got into the Sellsword business at a young age. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and balancing his hectic life and new sellsword responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 3000 sp. Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Red garnet (40 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She very much looks the part of a Apothecary. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her silver eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She works hard and plays hard.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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. She has taken up work as a Apothecary and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 210 gp. Red garnet (120 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Banded agate (12 gp).

Description: She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a green coat. She has dyed her greying white crest a little too much giving a sharp white color. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Shipwright arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. 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 protect her home; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. This brown eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Xanaphia hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. She uses divination through singing.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Spice Merchant and was forced into it by her family; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This dark-skinned male wears skinny pants and wears a tan and violet robe with the hood down. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. A friendly and beautiful Gnome, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He got into the Gardener business at a young age. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Gardener for the past few years.

Motivation: He's in love; and expand his business

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Gardener

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

Possessions: 3000 sp. Red garnet (140 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Citrine (80 gp). 1 Hourglass. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He tends to wear a white poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His silver hair and beard is wavy and long. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He hates Halflings with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. When Darrow reached his early adolescence his Halfling father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. After a long history of fighting, Darrow and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Half-Orc compassion; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Military. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His hair is purple and very short. This silver eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Half-Elven culture. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Glassblower; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears a robe, a symbol of magic around his neck, and a mace on his belt. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Ploughman profession.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Theodoric was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Theodoric was born on a far northern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Stylist. He's also a talented Ploughman, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield. 1 Chain shirt.