Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. 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: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the south were limited. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He wears a brown coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head, and carries longbows. His golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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 eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has a very tight haircut. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Mercenary.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing her hectic life and new mercenary responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 7000 cp. Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears an entirely black suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His brown hair is heavily combed to the left. His white eyes are slightly larger than normal.

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 has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Ekemon was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Ekemon decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

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

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 90 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His silver hair is matted, messy, and big. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes drow are coming to abduct people. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Gerard hails from a village terrorized by drow. His childhood dream was to be a Fisher, but he was a colossal failure. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Spice Merchant responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a simple blue robe with tan stripes complete with hood. She has done her best to style her white hair to look like a famous performer. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born to a Engraver, her father struggled to pay the bills. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has achieved small success as a Fisher.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing her hectic life and new fisher responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. He is portly but not overly obese. His brown hair is heavily combed to the left. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: William was born the youngest of three triplets. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. William was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: Half-Elven compassion; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 45. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Brewer arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: To be a Stylist again; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Rich. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1600 sp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (50 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp).

Description: With pastel face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a blue tunic with red highlights, and long pastel pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A gifted student she started as a Body Guard, but she got bored and became a Bricklayer. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she is greedy

Flaws: Terse. Bonds: In love, Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 30 gp.