Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is cut close to his head. His silver eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Mantus is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Mantus was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Slave Trader hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 3000 sp. Rose (50 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Azurite (6 gp).

Description: This man wears baggy violet pantaloons and a brown scarf, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He keeps his brown hair in a flapper bob. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Spice Merchant they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Guard, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 7000 sp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a blue vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His grey leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his blue boots flare out at the collars. With a patchy auburn beard and wild auburn hair. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Stylist arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. Her hair is auburn and curly. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 37000 sp.