Description: He is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. He is typically in his Interpreter uniform. He has a hunchback. His hair is auburn and curly. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. His childhood dream was to be a Guard, but he was a colossal failure. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To be a Guard again; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 400 gp. Coral (90 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her lavender fur is braided into rings. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Aura 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. Aura decided she wanted neither the life of her mother 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 Locksmith 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: A rival would like her out of the picture.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He wears professional attire. He is physically well-built. His hair is chestnut and very short. His eyes are likewise red.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the east. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Gnomish activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Gnomish doctor. He's also a talented Butcher, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and a strong sense of loyalty to gnomish people

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She wears skinny pants and wears a grey and pastel robe with the hood down. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. Her brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His hair is brown and very short. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Senteq isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Job, Rich. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 260 gp. 3 Antitoxin.

Description: She is a husky woman, who is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Courier. Her long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Courier who has hired her part-time. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Courier business.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1200 sp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Elf, and stands approximately 5'1". She typically wears yellow cloth garments or leather armor, and her gloved hand is found clutching a whip. Her chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She hates giants. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Insomniac, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her hair is brown and curly. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1200 sp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly crossbows and daggers. She has dyed her greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Dilettante arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 310 gp.