Description: He wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. He is portly but not overly obese. His black hair is heavily combed to the left. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He's also a talented Ruler, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1700 gp. Emerald (700 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Azurite (9 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears just a tan suit. His hair is long and chestnut with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small tan clips. His beard is black, braided, and well cared for. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Zook isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. 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. Zook fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 100 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (50 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman prefers to wear flannel. Her brass crest is braided into rings. Her eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Gesrethe was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it; and revenge

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Military, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 4000 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is green, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. He wears his copper crest up. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 15000 sp.