Description: He wears bulky green painted plate armor. He carries with him a set of shortbows on his belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. After a long history of fighting, Arjhan and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'7" when asserting herself. She wears her brown hair down. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Cynical. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He is renowned for his bright brown suits and hats. He is portly but not overly obese. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy chestnut hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. His childhood dream was to be a Cartwright, but he was a colossal failure. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Apothecary responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Emotional, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 190 pp. Solid gold idol (1200 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (50 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She prefers to wear pastel pants and tee shirts. Her beige fur is knotted and matted. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Flask grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Flask. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Professionalism, Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 5000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.