Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears just a tan suit. Her moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she is content

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 30 pp. Chrysoprase (20 gp).

Description: She is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her hair is brown and very short. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. She worked as a nervous Shipwright and found it very stressful. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Shipwright for hire.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Marshal; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Has a crush, Adventurer, Nature, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She usually wears her grey robe and has her longbow always slung over her shoulder. Her tied-back hair is chestnut. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Urshar wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Urshar lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. With wild brown hair. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Bimpnottin was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. In her 17th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. 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: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Insane, Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 140 gp. Freshwater pearl (7 gp).

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes., but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'4" when asserting himself. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Dwarven people; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Racist, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 280 gp. Jasper (20 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). 5 Acid flasks.

Description: An older man who wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a greataxe, but if one is not available he will default to his lance, he is not a threatening figure. He keeps his long scarlet crest kept up in a rat tail. His gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Bharash was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. 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. Being a Banker kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 4000 cp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (70 gp).

Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His silver hair is long and unkept. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: A 2'10" western man, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Shoemaker. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He became a Shoemaker soon after.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 5000 cp. 6 Acid flasks.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a fancy violet suit. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his feathered violet hat.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by drow. Adam was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the drow.

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

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic, Impeccable. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 20 gp.