Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: Eiravel wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Eiravel was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Ruler. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: An older woman who wears blue trousers with black and brown striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts, she is not a threatening figure. Her black hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Waywocket grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Waywocket. Being a Bookbinder kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Hedonist, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 130 gp. Solid gold idol (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She likes to wear tan tank tops with black skirt. She wears a Stetson hat to cover her moderate length auburn hair. This hazel eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and to end her boredom

Flaws: Racist, Mundane. Bonds: Family, Nature, Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. His rusty crest, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are red and beady.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. 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 the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her crest, while still mostly bronze, has prominent grey streaks. She has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is greedy; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 400 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'9" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She prefers to wear flannel. Her hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. Her half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a black coat over a red low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head. He has blonde hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Rrath hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. While he appears to be a normal Half-Orc, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Insane, Secretive. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 200 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (90 gp). 1 Healer’s kit. 1 Hourglass. 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

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. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In her 18th year, her parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Eva alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Flaws: Ugly, Emotional, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. He has brown eyes and a violet hat with a blue feather.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was born into a rich family. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Ploughman responsibilities is difficult; and to protect his home

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Rich, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 60 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). 1 Half-Plate.