Description: She wears a pastel tunic with white highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around her shoes. She carries with her a set of crossbows on her belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. She keeps her yellow fur in a pixie cut. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Gale was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Butcher work with an outfit from a few towns over. Butcher work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature crossbow.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light tan in addition to tight pants. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Locksmith but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. When Pallabar reached his early adolescence his Gnome 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. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Military, Debt. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: She stands about 3'1" and tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Pyntle was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. She moved out west to avoid the crime she committed. She has worked as a Cook like her father before her.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'10" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his club with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His head has been shaved. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: This man loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born into a rich family. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 2600 sp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his yellow robe. His silver hair is thinning but still full. His silver eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Pelaios is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. A gifted student he started as a Shoemaker, but he got bored and became a Engraver. He's also a talented Shoemaker, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Extrovert, Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This light-skinned female tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Map Maker for the past few years.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Religious, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a fancy tan dress. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She struck the Beggar job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to protect her home

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Whurbin isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Dwarven unity. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 20 gp. Pink pearl (110 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His brown hair is greasy and uncared for. His gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 160 gp.