Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a yellow coat with black slacks. He has styled his silver hair well, parting it to the right. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and half-elven compassion

Ideals: Logical, Artistic, Optimist. Flaws: Insane, Racist. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His hair is golden and curly. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Olunt hails from a village terrorized by orcs. In his 10th year, his parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Olunt alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To be a Masseuse again; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Justice, Extrovert. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1300 gp. Deep blue spinel (1400 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman prefers to wear pastel clothing when she does not wear armor and is in decent physical shape. She wears her orange fur down. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. The war was a terrible time for her, and Cloak does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Born to a Healer, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Poor. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 3000 gp. Deep green spinel (140 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His silver hair is cut short. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Dimble is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 230 pp.