Description: This late middle aged man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment and is in decent physical shape. His hair is short and golden. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born in the north to a Ploughman, Darrak learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father 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. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 300 gp. Malachite (4 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Obsidian (4 gp).

Description: This man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his left hand. His white hair is still thick. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'6" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a yellow vest and prefers green and violet shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Brewer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Brewer work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he is content

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears long strands of jet and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

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 believes the world needs to unite to get rid of giants once and for all.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Umpen was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: He wants revenge against giants; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 120 pp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly rapiers and shortspears. His blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. Being a Cartwright 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 is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She has chestnut hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. 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: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Jeweler arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. After months of barely getting by, Andraste managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, she made her way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Jeweler

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

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has styled her white hair well, parting it to the right. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. When Buvvie reached her early adolescence her Gnome father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats.

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 10000 cp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Courier. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has a very tight haircut. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. After coming to the age of reason, Olunt took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Slave, Rich, Nature, Military. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the north. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1100 sp.