Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He likes to wear white tank tops with pastel pants. His blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born in a small forest village. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: He's in love; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Nature, In love, Has a crush. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 500 gp. Blue quartz (6 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). 1 Magnifying glass. 1 Spyglass.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears bulky tan painted plate armor. His hair is black and very short. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. He found a children's book about a Gnome Sorcerer 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 moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Mercenary. She wears her auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born to a Banker, her mother struggled to pay the bills. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. Some 10 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Tervaround never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and wants a kiss

Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Poor, In love, Has a crush. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his left hand. His auburn hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his small blue hat.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered east to less war torn lands. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 50 gp. Jet (140 gp).

Description: This woman wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her spear with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has auburn hair. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her green eyes.

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. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Drenna was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Drenna decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Herbalist kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 130 gp. 3 Smokesticks.

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his club with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He is physically well-built. He has moderate length golden hair. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. As a very small child his family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. His father, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect him and cast a teleportation spell that whisked him away. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Terse, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 400 gp.

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 red fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the west were limited. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Persistence. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her trident with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has wavy blue crest. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She is greedy; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He likes to wear brown tank tops with tan pants. He has wavy blonde hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. Gilbert enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Human conditions. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 210 gp.