Description: An older man who wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, he is not a threatening figure. He sports a flattop crest cut. His red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Norkruuth 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. Norkruuth 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. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Criminal record, Enemies, Debt. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 100 gp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (30 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). 3 Smokesticks. 4 Antitoxin. 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Soapmaker. She has done her best to style her golden hair to look like a famous performer. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Breena embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She got into the Soapmaker business at a young age. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Soapmaker. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Soapmaker for the past few years.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Antagonistic, Lazy. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 200 gp. Jet (110 gp).

Description: She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her red hair is braided into rings. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Willow fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she prefers to wear brown clothing when she does not wear armor. Her brown fur is lengthy. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is her passion; and doesn't want to be a miller and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: An older woman who wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, she is not a threatening figure. Her red hair is singed and shortened. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is a Map Maker first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Sarah was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She became a Map Maker soon after.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. His fur is cut close to his head. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a green shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and blue pants. His hair is silver and curly. His gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He's also a talented Crown-heir, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 600 gp. Rock crystal (50 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears baggy blue pantaloons and a grey scarf. He carries with him a set of bows on his belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. His blonde hair is knotted and matted. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born in the west to a Cook, Eldon learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Cook hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He became a Cook soon after.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1800 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. Rolf was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Impeccable. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 370 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.