Description: A pudgy woman standing about 2'9" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a white coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon her head. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Farmer arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it; and many gnolls want her driven away

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 900 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 400 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An older man who wears a worn and beaten armor, he is not a threatening figure. His lavender fur is lengthy. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Left-Handed was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His parents enrolled him in a Druid school at a young age so that he could practice his divine talents. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 13000 gp. Aquamarine (500 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Malachite (15 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he tends to wear a blue poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Frug was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the north were limited. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: In love, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 10000 gp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (6000 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (100 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (70 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1800 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he prefers to wear flannel. His silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Percival lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Optimist, Impeccable. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (20 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (20 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (20 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (20 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (20 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He is physically well-built. His silver hair is heavily combed to the left. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ar-Baruk fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Religious, Slave. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Jade (150 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). White opal (800 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Jet (150 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her silver hair is knotted and matted. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is a great chef.

History: Nalaed was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. A freak accident while working with her Apothecary father left her crippled. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 2000 pp. Onyx (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Jet (60 gp).