Description: This man wears a simple tan robe with brown stripes complete with hood. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his right hand. With bright white hair and a scraggly beard. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his feathered tan hat.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the north were limited. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is content; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Justice, Extrovert. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Architect

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

Possessions: 100 gp. Banded agate (4 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Peridot (20 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty red coat over it and is in decent physical shape. She has a very tight haircut. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Fortune-teller work with an outfit from a few towns over. Fortune-teller work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 300 gp. Hematite (4 gp). Obsidian (4 gp).

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a violet cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Half-Elven culture. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Elven companion (his 'brother'). He then took over the family business and is one of the better Barrister for hire.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Military. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He wears a colorful flower in his black hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Professionalism, Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 39000 sp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and dresses like a well dressed Fletcher does. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. 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 Fletcher. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Fletcher.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Guardian. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.