Description: He wears baggy tan pantaloons and a green scarf. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His hair is long and chestnut with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small tan clips. His beard is white, braided, and well cared for. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Frouse embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Frouse was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Soapmaker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 300 gp. Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). 1 Healer’s kit. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools. 1 Average lock.

Description: A 5'2" western woman, she has a large pastel mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her tan robe. Her long cinnamon fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the west. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Mortician work with an outfit from a few towns over. Mortician work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and balancing her hectic life and new mortician responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He sports a long chestnut beard, and similarly colored long hair. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Performer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He struck the Performer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Bonds: Job, Rich, Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She wears light armors faded through time and improper care, and carries lances. Her moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. While she appears to be a normal Dwarf, 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 has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 210 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Rose (40 gp). Coral (100 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp).