Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with yellow colored cloaks and clothing. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He married young, but lost his spouse to gnolls. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 240 gp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: 4'2" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She wears her red hair up in a very large beehive style do. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Born in the south to a Barkeep, Anbera learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Halfling companion (her 'brother'). She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he tends to wear a white poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His long silver hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. 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-brother.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Assassin mother left him crippled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp).

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Unemployed does. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly clubs and sais. He has cinnamon fur. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of orcs may trigger it at times.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1200 gp. Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Jade (150 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Onyx (50 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has a hunchback. Her hair is short and red. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 400 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (160 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1800 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (10 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (10 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (160 gp).

Description: This southern woman wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her auburn hair is long and unkept. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Panana isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. She uses divination through singing.

History: Gifted from a young age, Panana studied abroad. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (180 gp). Silver ewer (40 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (180 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy brown fur. He is wearing a long, pastel cloak. He has a hunchback. He wears his brown fur down. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Insane. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 4000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.