Description: This man wears a worn and beaten armor. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has a very tight haircut. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Vanuath 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 Miller, but he was a colossal failure. Some 7 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Vanuath never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Justice, Optimist. Bonds: In love, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Server

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: He is typically in his Locksmith uniform. He is portly but not overly obese. He wears a colorful flower in his bronze crest. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Quarethon is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. Quarethon is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He has worked as a Locksmith like his father before him.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. She found a children's book about a Dwarf Paladin who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has no hair. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Caeldrim isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Elven unity. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 130 gp.