Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His hair is red and curly. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Born to a Spice Merchant, his father struggled to pay the bills. 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. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a tight fitting yellow shirt and pants. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. After a long history of fighting, Roger and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Abalaba was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 800 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (90 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty violet coat over it. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her falchion, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. Her hair is short and silver. She wears large thick round spectacles.

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 is an amazing painter.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 3000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears an entirely green suit with blue socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His bronze crest is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are a pleasant red.

Personality: He is mildly Dragonborn supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and a strong sense of loyalty to gnomish people

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her black hair is long and unkept. She has white eyes.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She is a great chef.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Orianna fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 160 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a tan shirt with thin yellow vertical stripes and black pants. She keeps her red hair in a flapper bob. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Luthra embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Luthra was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Farmer. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman is dressed in a clean red cloak covering her clean studded leather and is in decent physical shape. Her brown hair is well kept. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Bree hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her dancing career. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her father. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Artistic, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She tends to wear a white poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She carries with her a set of flails, each one with a jet on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She has a very tight haircut. Her half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: This woman loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1000 gp.