Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. His skin is light but he possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. He wears suspenders and tan workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. He wears his black hair down. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Zook is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Gifted from a young age, Zook studied abroad. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Painter work with an outfit from a few towns over. Painter work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He has a long brown beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Alvyn is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a violet coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. 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 been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 29000 sp.

Description: She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, and she perpetually has her flail ready. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Oriel enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Farmer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Oriel fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 150 gp. Red garnet (100 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: 5'3" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He has a silver handlebar mustache and slicked back silver hair. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Through the years after Varis was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Varis's mother 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 wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Greedy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 5000 cp.