Description: He dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'3" when asserting himself. He wears a colorful flower in his blonde hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: He was born into a rich family. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Miner. He has achieved small success as a Miner.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. Her long blonde hair reaches down to her waist. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She has all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Junk Dealer

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

Possessions: 70000 cp. Deep green spinel (80 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Lavinia was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Soapmaker. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Logical. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Jasper (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, and carries morningstars. She has wavy black hair. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Dalaba isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Dalaba is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Dalaba hails from a village terrorized by illithids. In her 16th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Dalaba alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Justice. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 12000 cp.

Description: She wears baggy grey pantaloons and a black scarf. Her auburn hair is cut short. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Vicky was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Server

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

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.