Description: He has a missing left leg. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Zook fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has brown eyes and a white hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has achieved small success as a Ruler.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Religious, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1200 pp.

Description: This slender man stands about 3'2". He wears an entirely blue suit with yellow socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Elven companion (his 'brother'). He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 300 gp. Azurite (12 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp).

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a simple blue robe with green stripes complete with hood. Her hair is golden and curly. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She worked as a nervous Marshal and found it very stressful. She tends to her Marshal job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: 5'8" and muscular, this southern man wears dark leathers with embroidery. His long purple hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 80 pp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1200 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Darkwood Buckler.