Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. His hair is chestnut and curly. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is mildly Gnome supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 15000 gp. Blue quartz (16 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Rose (60 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Jet (70 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Jade (70 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Coral (70 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Black opal (400 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She has styled her red hair well, parting it to the left. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Silgre was born the youngest of three triplets. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1600 pp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she wears a brown deerstalker hat and brown clothes. She has a very tight haircut. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Avice enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. As a young child she wandered into the woods despite her mother's warnings against it. Afterwards she claimed she had encountered dire rats who tried to eat her hand. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 7000 gp. Jade (100 gp). Rose (50 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Clear bright green emerald (6000 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 5'3" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He dresses well, wearing pastel shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He has wavy black fur. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Leaf was born with his father's beautiful face. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Herbalist hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He struck the Herbalist job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new herbalist responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 11000 gp. Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Jade (80 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Jet (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Sard (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears a brown tunic with black highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around her shoes. She sports brown long hair. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Morana was born the youngest of three triplets. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Performer they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Mortician, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 4000 gp. Fire opal (500 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Jade (150 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Blue star sapphire (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and red handkerchief worn on his right side. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Cook. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 8 years.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Opinionated, Impeccable. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (60 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (160 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman is wearing a long, yellow, dusty cloak. Her hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Chaedi was born with her mother's beautiful face. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Soapmaker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Some 3 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Chaedi never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, In love. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 3000 gp. Alexandrite (1100 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.