Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Veloptima embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She took after her father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her father taught her to defend herself. When her father died while fighting orcs, the young Veloptima began to lead the lost caravan. After a long history of fighting, Veloptima and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She wants revenge against orcs.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 280 gp. Jade (50 gp).

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and prefers to wear tan clothing when she does not wear armor. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her chestnut hair is braided into rings. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes drow are coming to abduct people. 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, Theirastra is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She got into the Server business at a young age. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Server work with an outfit from a few towns over. Server work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has taken up work as a Server and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Server responsibilities is difficult; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD, Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Server

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a tan armored body suit, with a simple white line shooting up and back down. With wild white hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Mumpena was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 300 gp. Violet garnet (800 gp).

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His beige fur has been sun bleached extensively. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Born to a Glassblower, his father struggled to pay the bills. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears professional attire. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Wiggens speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was born into a rich family. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 360 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: An older man who wears a brown costume with the symbols of magic on his torso, he is not a threatening figure. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: Chad wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He is obsessed with his god.

History: Chad hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Enemies, In love. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 90 gp. Coral (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 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 bronze crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. 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: Money/treasure; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: He wears suspenders and green workpants. His shirt is violet, and he wears a heavy green leather apron most of the time. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His hair, while still mostly dark red, has prominent grey streaks. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the mountains due to the painful memories there. Morthos took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up greataxe and armor he uses now. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and to end his boredom

Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a white vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her green leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her white boots flare out at the collars. She has a very tight haircut. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.