Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His blonde hair is braided into rings. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is wearing a long, green cloak. Her white hair is long and unkept. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady silver eyes.

Personality: She is a Guard first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Ronwe enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She became a Guard soon after.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 300 pp. Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). White opal (1200 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'7" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He wears his silver hair up. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Banker arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Terse. Bonds: In love, Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She has moderate length golden hair. Her hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. Recently the stress of being a Painter has made it difficult for her to sleep.

Motivation: Half-Orc compassion; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 500 gp. Malachite (11 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. His hair is short and auburn. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing dancing.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 west. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Ploughman they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Body Guard, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: To unite with his sister.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 600 gp.