Description: This man dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with red slacks, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Alvyn lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Alvyn 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 Alvyn. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Philantrophist, Optimist. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 48000 sp. 1 Buckler.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

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 a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Blacksmith. He's also a talented Dyer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and balancing his hectic life and new blacksmith responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Slave. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: He wears professional attire. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 19. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. Heward liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 3000 gp. Black pearl (1300 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp).

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her gray fur, when down, is lengthy. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she feels threatened by others

Flaws: Terse, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His silver hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: He hates Gnomes with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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 has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: Dwarven compassion.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Racist, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 280 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She prefers to wear green clothing when she does not wear armor. Her silver crest is unkempt and raggedy. Her red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Tailor hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (60 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. His hair is blonde and very short. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. After coming to the age of reason, Suhnae took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Opinionated, Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 300 gp. Jade (140 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a tan tunic with pastel highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around his shoes. His tied-back hair is golden. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family 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. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he wants revenge against orcs

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 370 gp.

Description: She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. With wild golden hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. Dariff enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. As a young child she wandered into the woods despite her mother's warnings against it. Afterwards she claimed she had encountered giants who tried to eat her hand. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 300 pp. Deep green spinel (80 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Jacinth (5000 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Onyx (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.