Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His orange fur is smooth and relatively long. His yellow eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Shivering was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Paladin, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Paladin in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Shivering abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Terse, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Architect

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

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: This man wears baggy violet pantaloons and a brown scarf, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He keeps his brown hair in a flapper bob. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Spice Merchant they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Guard, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 7000 sp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a blue vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His grey leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his blue boots flare out at the collars. With a patchy auburn beard and wild auburn hair. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Stylist arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. Her hair is auburn and curly. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 37000 sp.