Description: A middle-aged man, he has the majority of his body covered in plate, and is pretty ugly. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Broce isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Dwarven compassion.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1000 sp. Pink pearl (120 gp).

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. 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 hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gold.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of orcs may trigger it at times.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Osah was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Many orcs want her driven away; and to be a hunter again

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: A 6'10" eastern man, he wears a black coat over a pastel low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head. His hair is long and white with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small black clips. His beard is silver, braided, and well cared for. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Masseuse for hire.

Motivation: Revenge; and he is greedy

Flaws: Sensitive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She has a hunchback. Her auburn hair is braided into rings. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She is a Lamia in disguise. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 3000 sp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (100 gp).

Description: 3'4" and muscular, this northern man wears skinny pants and wears a tan and brown robe with the hood down. He has black hair. 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 can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. In his 10th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Zook alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He has chestnut hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Impeccable. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 900 sp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her monstrous two handed axe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. Her silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Barrister who has hired her part-time. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Marastyr has worked very hard to control her curse. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Has a crush, Criminal record. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Koeth alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.

Description: This northern man has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his brown robe. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears his white hair up. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Adran is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His first spouse was a Soapmaker, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Soapmaker they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Carpenter, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1600 sp.