Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His hair is chestnut and curly. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His parents enrolled him in a Barbarian school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable, Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 3'2" and is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and brown handkerchief worn on his right side. He has golden hair. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and a strong sense of loyalty to gnomish people

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist, Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She is physically well-built. Her red hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Being born in the south, 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 south 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. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to raise her children well

Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 100 sp. Banded agate (16 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears a worn and beaten armor. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. Hadarai enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 150 gp.