Description: He wears a tattered pair of loose yellow pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His hair is red and very short. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Riardon was born with his father's beautiful face. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Ruler hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She has no hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. Kali enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Kali was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears bulky tan painted plate armor. His hair is silver and curly. He has gleaming, smiling brown 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. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born to a Armorer, his father struggled to pay the bills. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Justice, Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Poor. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 100 gp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (10 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp).

Description: He dresses well, wearing tan shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Layabout profession.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Zook was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Miller.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is content

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears just a blue suit. He keeps his brown hair in a flapper bob. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Born in the east to a Sailor, Caeldrim learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a old dungeon. He would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the mountains due to the painful memories there. Caeldrim took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up pickaxe and armor he uses now. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Unemployed again; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 6'4" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her fur is orange and curly. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. To her fellows she 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: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by goblins. Cloud was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the goblins.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and she desires to right it; and a deep hatred of goblins

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military, Slave. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she prefers to wear tan clothing when she does not wear armor. Her moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. A freak accident while working with her Unemployed mother left her crippled. After a long history of fighting, Shamil and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 100 gp. Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep red leather and dull blue iron scale mail. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length brown hair. Her ears are large.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her divine talents. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Antagonistic. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has no hair. Her black eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was born in the east. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Climber’s kit.