Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'2" when asserting herself. Her copper crest is still thick. Her eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Pogranix was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'3" when asserting himself. His blonde hair is singed and shortened. He has amber eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Gnomish companion (his 'brother'). He struck the Server job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Server responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Simple lock.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He is wearing a tight pastel one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His cinnamon fur is lengthy. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp. Iolite (30 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 4'8" and wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Aust is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Debt. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy blue stubble. She prefers to wear black clothing when she does not wear armor. She has a hunchback. Her hair is short and blue. Her eyes are white and beady.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Seddit was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She struck the Glassblower job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Professionalism, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has a long red ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Luthra was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Luthra decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Guard kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and dragonborn compassion

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Racist, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 600 sp. Black pearl (200 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His auburn hair is cut short. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the north were limited. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Fletcher for the past few years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her hair is black and curly. Her silver eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Verin isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Tiefling unity. 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, Verin is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the west were limited. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with black slacks, and is pretty ugly. Her dark red hair is still thick. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She takes great joy in being the best Locksmith in town.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Military, Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Jade (140 gp). Red spinel (140 gp).