Description: A pudgy man standing about 3'4" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His silver hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are blue.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Ribbles embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1700 sp. Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Red garnet (150 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 5'8". He wears a tight fitting violet shirt and pants. He has silver hair. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Gifted from a young age, Efferil studied abroad. His childhood dream was to be a Marshal, but he was a colossal failure. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Laborer.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 60 pp. Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Rose (30 gp). Iolite (30 gp). 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: This dark-skinned female wears a simple white robe with blue stripes complete with hood. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her golden hair is well kept. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Carpenter. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to pay off her debts

Flaws: Selfish, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Slave, Debt. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a tan coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head, and is pretty ugly. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He is baby faced.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Gimble's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Gimble grew up listening to his mother's many stories. In his 18th year, his parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Gimble alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Halflings. Her skin is light but she possesses many blue ritualistic tattoos. She typically wears red cloth garments or leather armor. She is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around her ears. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Spice Merchant business.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

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

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He has a hunchback. His black hair is knotted and matted. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 100 sp. Obsidian (12 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized yellow coat. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His hair is brown and curly. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is a great chef.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. Recently the stress of being a Herbalist has made it difficult for him to sleep.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a blue vest and prefers brown and white shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His hair is red and very short. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. 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 a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature ceremonial dagger.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: Just what you see.