Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright red and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, marred by teas. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length black hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Server

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 120 gp. Eye agate (11 gp).

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and wears tan robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a lance, but if one is not available he will default to his trident. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy silver hair. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing poetry.

History: He was born in the south. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 300 sp. Red spinel (160 gp).

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She keeps her long beige fur kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Barkeep arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Military, Rich, In love. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate, and he perpetually has his longbow ready. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Born to a Bounty Hunter, his mother struggled to pay the bills. 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. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 300 sp. Rhodochrosite (16 gp).

Description: This woman wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on her left hand. Her hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. 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 leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: He wears a brown tunic with white highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around his shoes. He carries a battered scimitar and tarnished longbow as well. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Bookbinder business.

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. He found a children's book about a Dwarf 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 became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her long chestnut hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: She hates Gnomes with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: Orla lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her dancing dream.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Slave, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: Blue quartz (9 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He wears his beige fur down. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Dragonborn culture. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Gale 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 Gale. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 5000 cp. Red garnet (50 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This man is very fat, and prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. Sporting a blonde mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Passionate, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Just what you see.