Description: A middle-aged man, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, and is pretty ugly. He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Paggen embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Job, Family. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: With yellow face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her black hair is heavily combed to the right. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His fur is black and very short. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Selfish, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: He wears a pastel tunic with white highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. He carries with him a set of lances, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has brown fur. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Through the years after Smoking was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Smoking's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Smoking fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Selfish, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a violet vest and prefers black and white shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her chestnut hair is long and unkept. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 2000 cp. Alexandrite (600 gp).

Description: 5'11" and muscular, this southern man wears just a brown suit. He has moderate length lavender fur. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. 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 born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Antitoxin.

Description: He wears professional attire. He carries with him a set of shortspears on his belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length black hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is a Ploughman first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has worked as a Ploughman like his mother before him.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This light-skinned female wears a blue shirt with thin white vertical stripes and black pants. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Hunter but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Oda lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her childhood dream was to be a Merchant, but she was a colossal failure. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Opinionated, Pacifist. Bonds: Family, Job, Religious. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: A 5'0" northern man, he wears an entirely blue suit with tan socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. A gifted student he started as a Shoemaker, but he got bored and became a Bather. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Halimath was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 90 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp).