Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has a hunchback. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. His white eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. Now he works as a painting tutor during his time off.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 700 gp. Peridot (20 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'6" northern woman, she typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor. With bright brown hair. This brown eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born in a small desert village. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and a strong sense of loyalty to gnomish people

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Racist, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This man prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on his left hand. He wears a colorful flower in his black hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 23. 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 terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Gardener arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and money/treasure

Flaws: Insane, Forgetful, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she prefers to wear flannel. Her long white hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the east were limited. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 220 gp. Tourmaline (40 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). 1 Good lock.

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Fisher. He is portly but not overly obese. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the north. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 2300 gp. Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Jade (100 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on his right hand. With a patchy auburn beard and wild auburn hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 12000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (110 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (10 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (10 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a tan poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He is portly but not overly obese. He has a very tight haircut. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his top tan hat.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family 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 was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 100 gp. Lapis lazuli (6 gp). 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a fancy tan suit. He keeps his brown hair in a pixie cut. His skin is flawless and his amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Arannis is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born in the east to a Mayor, Arannis learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Arannis alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it; and to be a healer again

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. He carries a battered scimitar and tarnished mace as well. His bronze crest is singed and shortened. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. 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: Shamash lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His first spouse was a Barkeep, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 34000 sp. Azurite (4 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item.