Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

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 terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born in the south to a Shoemaker, Norûk learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and expand his business

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Forgetful, Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: This man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Shag fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and is pretty ugly. She has styled her brown fur well, parting it to the right. Her copper eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Sweet was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Sweet decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 700 pp. Jet (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Rose (60 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge, and is pretty ugly. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Paggen isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Expand his business; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Family, Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 200 pp. Alexandrite (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and brown handkerchief worn on her left side. She is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around her ears. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Breena was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Breena abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sai.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and she wants to get laid

Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 600 gp.