Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is dressed in earthy colors with a white and green handkerchief worn on his left side. His hair is golden and very short. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He takes great joy in being the best Shoemaker in town.

History: Ortegar lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Thunderstones.

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Baker. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. Her eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is content; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Optimist, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 50 gp. Red spinel (150 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'5" when asserting herself. Her white hair is greasy and uncared for. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Guardian, In love. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1400 sp. Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her crossbow with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her blonde hair is thinning but still full. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Layabout work with an outfit from a few towns over. Layabout work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Layabout for hire.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 7000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a robe, a symbol of death around his neck, and a longbow on his belt. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length black hair. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: The child of a Armorer, who enjoyed hunting, Thomas was taken on many hunting expeditions. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Thomas 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 a strong sense of loyalty to gnomish people

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 400 sp.