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 wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He has all his life been fascinated with painting.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. Her brown hair is wavy and long. Her gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the south were limited. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's in love.

Ideals: Opinionated, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her fur, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Ploughman who has hired her part-time. Nimble enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end.

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Immigrant. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 30 pp. Golden pearl (110 gp).

Description: This malnourished man wears a worn and beaten armor. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Baern was born the youngest of three triplets. 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. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter.

Ideals: Joker, Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 230 gp. 1 Silver holy symbol.