Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He wears his dark red hair down. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Xappan is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born to a Sailor, his mother struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Mayor hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Mayor for hire.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and he is content

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Mundane, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Mayor

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

Possessions: 100 gp. Jet (130 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Obsidian (9 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is wearing a long, green cloak. His red crest is thinning but still full. He has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a blue coat. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered north to less war torn lands. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a brown wide-brimmed hat and brown clothes. Her fur, while still mostly lavender, has prominent grey streaks. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is mildly Tabaxi supremacist, though she does not identify as such. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. In her 14th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She wants to get laid.

Flaws: Insane, Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 230 gp. Jade (140 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Rose (40 gp).

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She wears violet painted combat armor at almost all times. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her golden hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She is mildly Half-Elf supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Mialee lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Animal Trainer. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy golden hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He found a children's book about a Half-Orc Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature pickaxe.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her brown hair is cut short. Her ears are large.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She is greedy; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 7000 cp. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: She is lean but muscular and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft violet waves gently in the breeze. Her black hair is heavily combed to the right. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. When Anakis reached her early adolescence her Tiefling mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job, Military. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Amethyst (60 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a brown top hat and brown clothes. With bright blonde hair. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Spice Merchant. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

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. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. After a long history of fighting, Williamina and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1000 cp. Red spinel (130 gp). 1 Breastplate.