Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is typically in his Bellfounder uniform. His brown hair is singed and shortened. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Frouse was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Bellfounder work with an outfit from a few towns over. Bellfounder work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He struck the Bellfounder job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing his hectic life and new bellfounder responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Justice, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. Being a Slave Trader kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Sailor. She is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around her ears. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Logical, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Selfish. Bonds: Debt. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: 6'6" and muscular, this southern man wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Bookbinder. 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: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. He worked as a nervous Bookbinder and found it very stressful. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Job, In love. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with green colored cloaks and clothing. She carries a battered shortbow and tarnished whip as well. Her black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears grey leather gloves, a grey jacket, and tight pants. Her hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. Her skin is flawless and her blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Adventurer.

Motivation: Expand her business; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job, In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears a grey shirt with thin black vertical stripes and white pants, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'4" when asserting himself. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. This amber eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Duergath lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His first spouse was a Marshal, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Mundane, Impulsive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 390 gp.

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat. He is physically well-built. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Theodoric 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 invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. During his travels, Theodoric and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Theodoric discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Theodoric fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 30 pp.