Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. His eyes are likewise copper.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Through the years after Emerald was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Emerald's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 14000 sp. Moss agate (9 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a brown costume with the symbols of death on her torso. She has wavy chestnut hair. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her blue eyes.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. 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: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Falkrunn was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. While she appears to be a normal Dwarf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Hedonist, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light tan in addition to tight pants. He carries with him a set of axes on his belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. He has styled his chestnut hair well, parting it to the right. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 2800 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears suspenders and blue workpants. His shirt is grey, and he wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. His white hair is greasy and uncared for. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. He worked as a nervous Soapmaker and found it very stressful. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Poor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1500 gp. Blue quartz (15 gp). White opal (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull green iron scale mail. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the left. 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 Gnome in existence. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Sindri 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 Sindri. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears bulky red painted plate armor. His hair is golden and very short. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. At some point he was captured by orcs and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Religious, Slave. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 220 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 2000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Rose (40 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp).

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears professional attire. He has moderate length chestnut hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, John grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is greedy; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His red hair is thinning but still full. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is a Mayor first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: The child of a Dyer, who enjoyed hunting, Holg was taken on many hunting expeditions. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Mayor.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Job, Nature. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.