Description: Runty and weak-looking, he dresses like a well dressed Priest does. His cinnamon fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: This man loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Tabaxis.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Priest hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 3 years.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 200 pp.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'4" when asserting himself. His hair is auburn and curly. His half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the west. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 100 gp. Amethyst (50 gp).

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His hair is silver and curly. His half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. Heian enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Heian was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Paladin, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Paladin in service of a powerful lord somewhere. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Heian grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Heian. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Banded mail. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears a brown costume with the symbols of luck on her torso. She wears her black hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Williamina is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and she is greedy

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Onyx (20 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He is physically well-built. His scarlet crest is greasy and uncared for. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Fax was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Through the years after Fax was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Fax's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Breastplate.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 3000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has shaved his head bald. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. The war was a terrible time for him, and Gennal does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gennal fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Slave, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 5000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 300 gp. Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered pastel stockings. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her brown eyes.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. A true patriot, Orla would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Armorer arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. After months of barely getting by, Orla managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, she made her way to the capital under a new identity.

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 possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Military, Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 70 pp. Eye agate (15 gp). 1 Tanglefoot bags.