Description: A middle-aged man, he wears skinny pants and wears a blue and green robe with the hood down, and is pretty ugly. He has dyed his greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 170 gp.

Description: 6'8" and muscular, this eastern man wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He keeps his silver crest in a flapper bob. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his red eyes.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Animal Trainer who has hired him part-time. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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 gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Merchant. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: Standing 3'4", this woman sports tan clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her chestnut hair is heavily combed to the left. Her skin is flawless and her brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She found a children's book about a Gnome Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Sailor.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 3000 cp. Moss agate (14 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears skinny pants and wears a blue and black robe with the hood down. Her black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. This violet eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Althaea hails from a village terrorized by orcs. Her first spouse was a Engraver, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 2000 cp. Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Hubert has worked very hard to control his curse. He has achieved small success as a Stableman.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 40 gp. White pearl (40 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He keeps his silver crest in a pixie cut. He has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Born in the north to a Ploughman, Norkruuth learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

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

Ideals: Justice, Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 240 gp. Malachite (15 gp). 1 Average lock.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'8" and wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He wears a colorful flower in his white hair. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 84. 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 seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a blue vest and prefers brown and black shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He carries with him a set of bows, each one with a jet on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has a black handlebar mustache and slicked back black hair. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born in the west. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy rusty crest. He prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. He has a hunchback. His rusty crest is singed and shortened. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Occupation: Healer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 90 gp.