Description: This malnourished man likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has no hair. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. 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: Sammal was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She tends to wear a white poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Gynk lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She worked as a nervous Marshal and found it very stressful. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and to unite with her brother

Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Family, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

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 is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. Her brown hair is wavy and long. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

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. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her father. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: French accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a mite stocky and is dressed in an above average manner. She keeps her cinnamon fur in a pixie cut. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Spear was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Druid, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Druid in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dwarven artifacts is her passion; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: This late middle aged man dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time and is in decent physical shape. His brown hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic, Gifted, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 700 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp).

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He dresses like a well dressed Baker does. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. He is baby faced.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Dwarf in existence. To his fellows he 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: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His childhood dream was to be a Engraver, but he was a colossal failure. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Baker.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and many gnolls want him driven away

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He prefers to wear pastel clothing when he does not wear armor. His lavender fur is thinning but still full. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Barkeep. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Jade was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Fighter, 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 Fighter in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, she wears a black cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. Her brass crest is knotted and matted. Her gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Nala's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She was born into a rich family. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp. Aquamarine (1100 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.