Description: An older man who wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is blue, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time, he is not a threatening figure. He wears a colorful flower in his purple hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he feels threatened by others

Flaws: Addict, Forgetful, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears suspenders and blue workpants. His shirt is tan, and he wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. His red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Blacksmith business.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Rael was born on a far southern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Blacksmith. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. Her black hair is greasy and uncared for. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Veloptima embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. After a long history of fighting, Veloptima and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork manacles. 1 Superior lock.

Description: He dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a green coat with violet slacks. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly maces and ceremonial daggers. His white hair is singed and shortened. He is baby faced.

Personality: Veit speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: He was born in the west. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her tied-back hair is black. She has violet eyes and a blue hat with a black feather.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Anastrianna was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature, Military. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 400 gp.