Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. His dark red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. His eyes are likewise white. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. A gifted student he started as a Jeweler, but he got bored and became a Knight. He tends to his Knight job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Job, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 5000 gp. Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (140 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp).

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears professional attire. She has done her best to style her silver hair to look like a famous performer. This hazel eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Poor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 4000 gp. Deep green spinel (60 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Coral (60 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears an entirely white suit with grey socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She carries a battered shield and tarnished longsword as well. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length white hair. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Painter. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. In the meantime she has taken over work as a Painter and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and to be a hunter again

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 8000 gp. Jet (60 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Onyx (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on her right hand. Her hair is blonde and very short. She has violet eyes.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. 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, Tagga is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. 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 Assassin. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Job, Nature. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 10000 gp. Gold music box (1000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (30 gp).

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Fletcher. Her head has been shaved. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. The war was a terrible time for her, and Mumpena does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Racist. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (30 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 (50 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp).

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his whip, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. His long white hair reaches down to his waist. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Umpen enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Umpen lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He found a children's book about a Gnome Druid who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1200 pp. Star rose quartz (40 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Amber (80 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Jacinth (8000 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Eye agate (15 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'7" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears baggy violet pantaloons and a yellow scarf. Her red hair is wavy and long. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. 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: Born in the south to a Bricklayer, Antinua learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Knight. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Religious, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Chalcedony (20 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Malachite (10 gp).