Description: This man is very fat, and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his rapier with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His blonde hair is cut short. 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 disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born into a rich family. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light blue in addition to tight pants. Her red hair is cut short. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She hates Gnomes with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length gold crest. Her eyes are red and beady.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Eggren 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 Eggren. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His head has been shaved. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 800 pp. Smoky quartz (80 gp). Jade (50 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a simple green robe with blue stripes complete with hood. Her silver crest is knotted and matted. Her gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

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. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Secretive. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Rose (20 gp). Jade (90 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Hematite (14 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears skinny pants and wears a brown and white robe with the hood down. He sports a flattop hair cut. 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 never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

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

Ideals: Philantrophist, Impeccable. Flaws: Insane, Racist, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length auburn hair. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered west to less war torn lands. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs.

Flaws: Impulsive, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 50 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a green coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head. His silver crest is matted, messy, and big. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Greethen was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Greethen 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. Greethen decided he wanted neither the life of his mother 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 would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Bookbinder responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 300 gp.