Description: This man wears a simple black robe with tan stripes complete with hood, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He wears his chestnut hair down. His eyes are a pleasant silver.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and to protect his home

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His red hair is thinning but still full. He has hazel eyes and a yellow hat with a tan feather.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Mindartis embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Through the years after Mindartis was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Mindartis's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Cockaby isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Cockaby was born with his father's beautiful face. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Impeccable, Joker, Logical. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 90 pp. Azurite (15 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. Her hair is blonde and curly. She has blue eyes.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 23. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Dalaba lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 47000 sp. Rhodochrosite (4 gp).

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears baggy green pantaloons and a blue scarf. His brown hair is singed and shortened. His red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. His first spouse was a Jeweler, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 2200 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has copper crest. His red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Brewer arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She very much looks the part of a Sage. Her fur is cut close to her head. Her eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: The child of a Beggar, who enjoyed hunting, Dagger was taken on many hunting expeditions. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To be a Beggar again; and balancing her hectic life and new sage responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 10000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears an entirely white suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Prâk was born on a far northern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Fisher. Some 4 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Prâk never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: To protect his home; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: In love, Guardian, Immigrant. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 70 pp. Blue quartz (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor 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 very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a white coat. Her brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Armorer born in the past three hundred years. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She struck the Armorer job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 39000 sp. Coral (60 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp).