Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Koeth grew up listening to his father's many stories. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Insane, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 2000 cp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (50 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: He got into the Laborer business at a young age. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He's also a talented Layabout, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and to be a layabout again

Flaws: Cynical, Racist. Bonds: Job, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He usually wears his blue robe and has his dagger always slung over his shoulder. His hair is cut close to his head. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He hates Gnomes with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Gerbo was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Gerbo abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1600 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'10" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She wears her white hair up in a very large beehive style do. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. A gifted student she started as a Spice Merchant, but she got bored and became a Shoemaker. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a tattered pair of loose green pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His white crest is thinning but still full. His red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. 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: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Adrex was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Family, Military. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 12000 cp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A 3'4" eastern woman, she wears a blue shirt, with a green mid length skirt with green tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. This brown eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. 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, Tana is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She got into the Miner business at a young age. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Tana was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Miner for the past few years.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military, In love. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing red cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. She has wavy black hair. Her violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Nora lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In her 20th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: He dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with pastel slacks. He carries a battered spear and tarnished quarterstaff as well. He wears his brown hair up. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. After a long history of fighting, Ûkshak and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Poor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 220 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. She is physically well-built. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was born in the north. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 280 gp.