Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care, and carries bastard swords. His black hair is braided into rings. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. 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. Zook fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Military. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 700 pp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (70 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (40 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1700 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1700 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man wears a red top hat and red clothes, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His golden hair is thinning but still full. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes goblins are coming to abduct people. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. A gifted student he started as a Servant, but he got bored and became a Barber. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Barber for hire.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and doesn't want to be a barber and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 800 pp. Alexandrite (1500 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1000 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.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He typically wears blue cloth garments or leather armor. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

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

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 8000 gp. Azurite (7 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He has a missing right arm. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

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 also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

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. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Dyer. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Has a crush, Military. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 5000 gp. Peridot (40 gp). Rose (40 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Black opal (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 2'10" southern man, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Burto is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His parents were killed by gnolls in a raid when he was still a young child. The gnolls captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Burto fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Extrovert, Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1200 pp. Brown-green garnet (150 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Blue-white diamond (8000 gp). Jade (150 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. He has dyed his greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Blacksmith they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Spice Merchant, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Spice Merchant responsibilities is difficult; and he is greedy

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Family, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 700 pp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1400 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (60 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (60 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. His auburn hair is cut short. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Fargrim was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Eye agate (7 gp).