Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. His skin is dark but he possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. He wears bulky blue painted plate armor. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. When Pog reached his early adolescence his Gnome mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

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; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Military, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 6000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (8000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Locksmith, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'4" when asserting herself. Her hair is auburn and curly. Her eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her martial abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Locksmith and was forced into it by her family; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather and is in decent physical shape. His gray fur has been sun bleached extensively. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: This man loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Tricking was born the youngest of three triplets. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his mother's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered dire rats who tried to eat his hand. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears a black shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and blue pants. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His golden hair is matted, messy, and big. 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. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. Argran 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. Argran decided he wanted neither the life of his father 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. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and 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

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her silver hair is knotted and matted. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south.

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 300 sp. Brown-green garnet (120 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She tends to her Sage job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Sellsword; and she's attracted to the pc

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 2000 sp. A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears bulky blue painted plate armor. His tied-back hair is golden. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Detective; and money/treasure

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears a black coat over a red low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon her head. Her hair is chestnut and curly. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was born in the north. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. Now she works as a music tutor during her time off.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Priest

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her beige fur is long and unkept. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. Cask is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Cask fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Miner and was forced into it by her family.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 300 sp.