Description: He wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a whip, but if one is not available he will default to his rapier. With a patchy silver beard and wild silver hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His father worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled father and took his father's old job. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his ceremonial dagger with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and he perpetually has his ceremonial dagger ready. His brown fur is long and unkept. He has gleaming, smiling copper eyes.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Harvest was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Harvest's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He is wearing a tight grey one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape, marred by beers. His long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Performer for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Performer responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. His skin is light but he possesses many blue ritualistic tattoos. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Alston isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Being a Ploughman kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her long brown hair reaches down to her waist. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She takes great joy in being the best Cartwright in town.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the south. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Fortune-teller they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Cartwright, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Family, Religious. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Just what you see.