Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. His hair is short and black. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. In his 18th year, his parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Cressel alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and a strong sense of loyalty to gnomish people

Flaws: Racist, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 900 gp. Malachite (8 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp).

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His copper crest is lengthy. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 70 pp. Alexandrite (1600 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Adventurer business.

History: He got into the Adventurer business at a young age. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence, Philantrophist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 10000 sp.

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. With bright red hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Spice Merchant born in the past three hundred years. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. While she appears to be a normal Human, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Many brigands want her driven away; and she wants revenge against brigands

Flaws: Fearful, Insane. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 1300 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (90 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.