Description: He wears suspenders and blue workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. He is portly but not overly obese. He has done his best to style his silver hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are hazel and beady.

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

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 600 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1400 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 500 gp. Bloodstone (20 gp).

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She has moderate length black hair. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: This woman loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Animal Trainer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman is typically in her Tanner uniform. Her hair is black and curly. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Tanner. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a tattered pair of loose white pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. With bright brown hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She hates Halflings with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. 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: Born to a Mortician, her mother struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Scribe hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears long strands of topaz and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His scarlet crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Hirrathak was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 7 years.

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

Ideals: Philantrophist, Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This man prefers to wear grey clothing when he does not wear armor. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his right hand. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length black hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the west were limited. Being a Bowyer kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Bowyer

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

Possessions: 310 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (40 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. He has styled his yellow fur well, parting it to the left. His eyes are copper and catlike.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature whip.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 700 sp. Violet garnet (300 gp). Iolite (20 gp).

Description: He dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a white coat with tan slacks. His blue hair is thinning but still full. His skin is flawless and his black eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 12000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.