Description: This late middle aged man wears a brown wide-brimmed hat and brown clothes and is in decent physical shape. He wears his auburn hair down. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Bernard was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His childhood dream was to be a Carpenter, but he was a colossal failure. He has achieved small success as a Sailor.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Flaws: Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1800 sp.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has moderate length white hair. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Ribbles embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Scribe but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His tied-back hair is black. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. Ernest enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Ruler arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears brown trousers with violet and brown striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She is portly but not overly obese. She has dyed her greying yellow fur a little too much giving a sharp yellow color. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born in a small desert village. Great abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Secretive, Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 120 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).