Description: This late middle aged woman likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather and is in decent physical shape. Her hair is black and very short. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Sarai isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Bowyer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Bowyer work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She struck the Bowyer job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Impeccable, Opinionated. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 400 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. He keeps his blonde hair in a flapper bob. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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 Gnome in existence. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 41000 sp.

Description: He is a husky man, who tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His copper crest is heavily combed to the right. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He's also a talented Dyer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He's in love; and he is content

Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 40000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull black iron scale mail. His red hair is matted, messy, and big. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Thomas was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Thomas was born on a far southern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Knight. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 200 sp. Red-brown spinel (90 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man tends to wear a large tan jacket. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. 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: 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. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To be a Spice Merchant again; and he desires power and/or immortality

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a tan Stetson hat and tan clothes. His hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Map Maker born in the past three hundred years. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Map Maker. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Has a crush, Poor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A 3'8" southern man, he dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with blue slacks. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. A true patriot, Zook would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born to a Banker, his mother struggled to pay the bills. When Zook 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. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: Revenge; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Military, Poor, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 900 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (80 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and likes to wear grey tank tops with black pants. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: This woman wears a black shirt, with a green mid length skirt with green tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on her left hand. She wears a colorful flower in her golden hair. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Shautha was born with her father's beautiful face. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease, Greedy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Barber

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Just what you see.