Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. With bright white hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Harbek hails from a village terrorized by brigands. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Harbek was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 13000 sp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (700 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp).

Description: He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light pastel in addition to tight pants. He carries with him a set of hammers on his belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. His fur, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are likewise yellow.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Flask grew up listening to his mother's many stories. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Tabaxi conditions. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it; and a strong sense of loyalty to gnomish people

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Philantrophist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 200 gp. Malachite (14 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. His lavender fur is knotted and matted. His copper eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He got into the Ruler business at a young age. 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 struck the Ruler job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 150 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp).

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright yellow and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He wears his silver hair down. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An older man who wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt, he is not a threatening figure. His yellow fur is heavily combed to the right. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. 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: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. After a long history of fighting, Flask and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he wants to get laid

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Poor, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Jasper (40 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp).

Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat, and carries morningstars. She has done her best to style her black fur to look like a famous performer. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Tabaxi conditions. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Great fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and gnomish compassion

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears a brown collared shirt and red pants. He accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His golden hair is unkempt and raggedy. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 20000 sp.

Description: She likes to wear white tank tops with tan skirt. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her white hair is smooth and relatively long. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 140 gp. Jade (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears tattered old clothes. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Warryn was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. After a long history of fighting, Warryn and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 900 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (130 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (60 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp).