Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears tan trousers with red and yellow striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His golden hair is long and unkept. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. When Zook reached his early adolescence his Gnome mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Fearful. Bonds: Mentor, Military. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her brown hair is greasy and uncared for. Her brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing writing.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her childhood dream was to be a Barkeep, but she was a colossal failure. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Bellfounder.

Motivation: To be a Barkeep again.

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This man wears dark leathers with embroidery. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair is golden and curly. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Baker arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a white vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his white boots flare out at the collars. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He has moderate length brown hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. Garl enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Garl was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Garl decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1000 pp. Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (50 gp). Gold and ruby ring (7000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2500 gp).

Description: This woman has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her tan robe. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She wears her white hair up. She has blue eyes and a grey hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Shepherd for hire.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and balancing her hectic life and new shepherd responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has dark red hair. His white eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. 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 west his family was never financially stable. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and gnomish compassion

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears bulky green painted plate armor. Her hair is purple, silky, and of moderate length. Her red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the east. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her fur is cut close to her head. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Drifting hails from a village terrorized by illithids. She married young, but lost her spouse to illithids. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and revenge

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it and is in decent physical shape. Her brown hair is well kept. She is baby faced.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has worked as a Hunter like her mother before her.

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

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 100 gp. Jet (130 gp).