Description: This late middle aged man wears dull green sweaters, loose yellow pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed greataxe, just in case and is in decent physical shape. His hair is white and curly. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: Astar was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He's in love; and expand his business

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Has a crush. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 5000 cp. Rose (60 gp).

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He tends to wear a blue poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 600 gp. Aquamarine (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her black hair is lengthy. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. In her 15th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Diesa alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Diesa was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Healer’s kit.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. He keeps his blonde hair in a flapper bob. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. 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, Flogg is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Flogg hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Detective work with an outfit from a few towns over. Detective work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 210 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'0" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and white handkerchief worn on her left side. Her auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Mumpena isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Stylist business.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Stylist arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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 knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 20 gp.