Description: This man stands a little under 3'6" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: Born to a Roofer, his father struggled to pay the bills. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 40000 cp. Hematite (4 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Rich purple corundum (900 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She is typically in her Actor uniform. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her red hair is unkempt and raggedy. She has blue eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She's also a talented Herbalist, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Slave, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He is an epitome of beauty. He has shaved his head bald. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a robe, a symbol of strength around his neck, and a lance on his belt. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He tends to his Marshal job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 10000 gp. Citrine (40 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Sard (40 gp). Amber (110 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Amber (110 gp). Blue star sapphire (500 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Malachite (10 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a tight fitting green shirt and pants. Her long dark red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are likewise gold. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She found a children's book about a Tiefling Adept who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp).