Description: He is lean but muscular and is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He wears his white hair down. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing music.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature flail.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her fur is gray, silky, and of moderate length. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. In her 13th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Tree alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1 Silk rope.

Description: She has a missing left arm. She wears a yellow vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her yellow boots flare out at the collars. Her long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Many gnolls want her driven away; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Flaws: Secretive, Selfish. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His green eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker white hat.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

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 Farmer father left him crippled. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Artistic, Justice. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: Alexandrite (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned female prefers to wear flannel. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her brown hair is matted, messy, and big. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. 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 son.

History: She got into the Scribe business at a young age. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Scribe. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 2'11" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized red coat. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Chenna was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 110 gp. Chrysoprase (30 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man wears a black cloak and cross-gartered pastel stockings and is in decent physical shape. His hair is golden, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: Brogg wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Warrior, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Gnomish activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Gnomish doctor. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and a strong sense of loyalty to gnomish people

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 26000 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.