Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears tattered old clothes. His brass crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Gifted from a young age, Direcris studied abroad. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 15000 gp. Rock crystal (40 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Emerald (1300 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Rose (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Rose (40 gp). Jet (80 gp). Black star sapphire (1300 gp). Black opal (1300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his rapier with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Sporting a black mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Gifted from a young age, Tarak studied abroad. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. After a long history of fighting, Tarak and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: Star rose quartz (60 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears just a tan suit. His hair is long and brown with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small tan clips. His beard is golden, braided, and well cared for. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

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 used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. 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 would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Justice, Professionalism. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He is a husky man, who is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length brown fur. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 17000 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man has the majority of his body covered in plate. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He wears his chestnut hair up. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Aelar is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Aelar was born on a far western forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Spy. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is wearing a long, black cloak, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has a dull look in her red eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Many orcs want her driven away; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Mentor, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a simple brown robe with violet stripes complete with hood. He sports a long blonde beard, and similarly colored long hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes drow are coming to abduct people. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Gifted from a young age, Theobald studied abroad. His parents enrolled him in a Wizard school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by drow. Theobald was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Shy. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 60 pp. White pearl (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp).

Description: A 6'5" western woman, she wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her gold crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Her parents were killed by gnolls in a raid when she was still a young child. The gnolls captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Many gnolls want her driven away.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 500 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a simple white robe with brown stripes complete with hood. Her brown hair is lengthy. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sword.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 200 sp.