Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His golden hair is lengthy. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born in the south. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Gnomes in Arumawann's homeland. Arumawann decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 36000 sp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Cartwright. Her head has been shaved. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Felosial is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Cartwright arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Cartwright for the past few years.

Motivation: Revenge; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He prefers to wear flannel. His fur is cut close to his head. His ears are large.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, River will drive conversation. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Mentor, In love. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1200 gp. Azurite (5 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Bellfounder. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. 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: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 400 gp. Jet (70 gp). Malachite (13 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears tan robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a sai, but if one is not available she will default to her dagger. She has auburn hair. She has green eyes.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Enidda was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When Enidda reached her early adolescence her Gnome father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 22000 cp. Onyx (40 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). 5 Acid flasks.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'0". She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her brown hair is heavily combed to the left. Her skin is flawless and her gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Helja is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. 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 now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Extrovert, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: 5'2" and muscular, this southern woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is mildly Elf supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Gifted from a young age, Syllin studied abroad. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and gnomish compassion

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. He keeps his long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and revenge

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His copper crest is still thick. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Shedinn was born with his father's beautiful face. After coming to the age of reason, Shedinn took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To unite with his brother.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 800 gp. Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Moonstone (20 gp).