Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. His auburn hair is knotted and matted. His ears are large.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 71. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He takes great joy in being the best Detective in town.

History: The child of a Scribe, who enjoyed hunting, Alberich was taken on many hunting expeditions. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He's also a talented Scribe, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 2900 sp. 1 Everburning torch. 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His black hair is lengthy. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. A true patriot, Taklinn would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Mercenary and was forced into it by his family; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Military, Religious, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Architect. His brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Sindri 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 is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: Born in the east to a Architect, Sindri learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His childhood dream was to be a Beggar, but he was a colossal failure. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Architect responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: He wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. He carries with him a set of bastard swords, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His hair is cut close to his head. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. 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 by priests from a young age. His father 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 is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: An older woman who typically wears yellow cloth garments or leather armor, she is not a threatening figure. Her hair is chestnut and curly. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Syllin grew up listening to her father's many stories. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has worked as a Mayor like her father before her.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Bonds: Rich, Job, Immigrant, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 800 sp. Sard (20 gp). 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: She very much looks the part of a Performer. Her black fur is long and unkept. Her yellow eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. 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: Five was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. 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 comes from a rich southern family. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, In love. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears grey leather gloves, a grey jacket, and tight pants. His hair is cut close to his head. He has green eyes.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Gifted from a young age, Robert studied abroad. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 30 gp. Jade (130 gp).

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a violet costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. With wild brown hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Rosalind was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 300 sp. Jet (80 gp). 1 Banded mail.