Description: 4'11" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She usually wears her black robe and has her shield always slung over her shoulder. Her chestnut hair is well kept. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: The child of a Mason, who enjoyed hunting, Murgen was taken on many hunting expeditions. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She struck the Miner job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 50 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp).

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She has wavy silver hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Job, Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1600 sp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He is portly but not overly obese. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the left. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He hates drow. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born in the east to a Shoemaker, Aust learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He worked as a nervous Shoemaker and found it very stressful. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he's in love

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 20000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a robe, a symbol of magic around his neck, and a glaive on his belt. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is white, braided, and well cared for. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Delg was born the youngest of three triplets. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the south were limited. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 500 sp. Cloth of gold vestments (80 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. This green eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. After a long history of fighting, Orsik and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 40 pp. Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). 1 Masterwork Musical instrument. 1 Spyglass.