Description: Standing 3'8", this man is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering his clean studded leather. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

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 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 in the south. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Slave Trader work with an outfit from a few towns over. Slave Trader work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He's also a talented Layabout, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To be a Layabout again; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Job, Religious. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 30000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears dark leathers with embroidery. He wears a colorful flower in his auburn hair. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and balancing his hectic life and new animal trainer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 80 gp. Smoky quartz (50 gp). Iolite (50 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She wears her yellow fur down. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her singing with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Poor, Job, Religious. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears an entirely white suit with tan socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She has no hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Architect hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Disciplined, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 25000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He sports pastel clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His fur is gray, silky, and of moderate length. His skin is flawless and his green eyes scan people very quickly.

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. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Opinionated, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 4000 gp. Violet garnet (700 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Sard (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His tied-back hair is white. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He is a Jackalwere in disguise. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dragonborn companion (his 'brother'). He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 9000 sp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears bulky tan painted plate armor. Her red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Rich, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. He is physically well-built. His long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the north were limited. After a long history of fighting, Vlorn and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Pacifist, Impeccable. Flaws: Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 300 gp. Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp).

Description: He wears a red vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his red boots flare out at the collars. He is physically well-built. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his feathered red hat.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Curran lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He dropped out of school to support his sick father, and resented it. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Logical, Philantrophist. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 900 gp.