Description: This woman stands a little under 5'3" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her tied-back hair is black. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. At a young age her mother died while driving off some dire rats. Her father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train her in shield use. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With red face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His green eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker tan hat.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Eldon isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Eldon 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. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears dull tan sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed hammer, just in case. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her red hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ilanis grew up listening to her father's many stories. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Debt, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 70 pp. 3 Antitoxin. 3 Holy water. 3 Holy water.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a robe, a symbol of magic around her neck, and a shield on her belt and is in decent physical shape. Her hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Shax fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1400 gp. Brown-green garnet (40 gp).