Description: 3'3" and muscular, this northern woman wears a blue tunic with tan highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her tied-back hair is black. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is a Spice Merchant first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. In her 16th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Mumpena alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has worked as a Spice Merchant like her mother before her.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats.

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. His hair is always cut to a buzz. This hazel eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Rimple isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Rimple lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1000 cp. Brown-green garnet (150 gp).

Description: He wears bulky yellow painted plate armor. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He got into the Shepherd business at a young age. A gifted student he started as a Ruler, but he got bored and became a Shepherd. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Shepherd.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 16000 cp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Fulbar wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Monk, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the south. Fulbar was born on a far southern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Brewer. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 40 gp. Chalcedony (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.