Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears suspenders and tan workpants. His shirt is violet, and he wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Apothecary who has hired him part-time. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born in a small plains village. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Apothecary responsibilities is difficult; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Nature, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 1700 sp.

Description: 6'4" and muscular, this western man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his morningstar with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He sports a flattop hair cut. This silver eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Iados is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Iados was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. Through the years after Iados was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Iados's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

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. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Charles alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. His head has been shaved. He has blue eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Jebeddo embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Through the years after Jebeddo was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Jebeddo's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.