Description: A middle-aged man, he wears tattered old clothes, and is pretty ugly. His white hair has been sun bleached extensively. This blue eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. After months of barely getting by, Umpen managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Shoemaker does, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'3" when asserting himself. His blonde hair is still thick. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Shoemaker born in the past three hundred years. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: Bilbron was born with his mother's beautiful face. He worked as a nervous Shoemaker and found it very stressful. He has achieved small success as a Shoemaker.

Motivation: He is greedy; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Addict, Disease. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a pastel coat, and carries pickaxes. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Five was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: She wears tan trousers with white and tan striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'2" when asserting herself. She has dyed her greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Chaedi was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He carries with him a set of halberds, each one with a emerald on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His chestnut hair is still thick. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dwarven companion (his 'brother'). He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 8000 cp. 6 Acid flasks.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. Her black crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Bowyer business.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Pyxrin 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. Pyxrin decided she wanted neither the life of her father 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 leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1300 gp.