Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears bulky tan painted plate armor. His black hair is matted, messy, and big. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. 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: Born in the south to a Mayor, Erky learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 400 gp. Obsidian (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who is dressed in an above average manner. His hair is silver and curly. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 19000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears bulky black painted plate armor. Her hair is short and chestnut. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. 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, Nella is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she is content

Ideals: Opinionated, Justice. Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 200 gp. Onyx (40 gp).

Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, and carries morningstars. She wears her purple hair up. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Vepar's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Professionalism, Logical. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He has a large blue mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his brown robe. He wears his brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 300 pp. Pink pearl (90 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). 1 Medium magic item.