Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears tattered old clothes. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. His eyes are violet.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Butcher born in the past three hundred years. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He got into the Butcher business at a young age. At a young age his mother died while driving off some giants. His father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in shield use. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Butcher for the past few years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to be a laborer again

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her fur, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: Ethereal hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Passionate. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp).

Description: He wears a simple white robe with black stripes complete with hood. He is portly but not overly obese. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Hunter but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Hunter work with an outfit from a few towns over. Hunter work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has worked as a Hunter like his mother before him.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Job, Debt. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1600 gp.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 30000 sp. Silver pearl (80 gp).

Description: He wears a tattered pair of loose red pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length silver hair. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his music with anyone who is interested.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He struck the Carter job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 60000 cp. Obsidian (11 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Amber (110 gp). 2 Thunderstones. 1 Everburning torch. 2 Tanglefoot bags. 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This younger middle-aged man prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He keeps his silver hair in a pixie cut. His green eyes peer out from beneath his top white hat.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

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

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 5000 sp. Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a tan vest and prefers white and black shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He sports a flattop hair cut. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Dimble isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

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. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with his brother.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 230 gp.