Description: He is a husky man, who does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has moderate length chestnut hair. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: He wears a grey costume with the symbols of death on his torso. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. The war was a terrible time for him, and Richard does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. His parents enrolled him in a Wizard school at a young age so that he could practice his divine talents. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Religious, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: He wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times, and he perpetually has his longsword ready. His fur is cinnamon and curly. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Shifting has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to protect his home

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Forgetful, Disease. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Sard (40 gp). Azurite (10 gp). 4 Smokesticks. 1 Antitoxin. 1 Antitoxin.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She has slicked back blonde hair. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: She hates Gnomes with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Veloptima fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and a strong sense of loyalty to gnomish people

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Racist, Impulsive. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 200 gp.