Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times, and he perpetually has his sickle ready. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Henk fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Fighting, Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 2000 cp. Moonstone (70 gp).

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He prefers to wear flannel. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the left. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. 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 daughter.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has achieved small success as a Blacksmith.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and to be a fortune-teller again

Bonds: Job, Family, Military, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His green crest is heavily combed to the right. This gold eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. Ildrex is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Ildrex was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: He sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly scimitars and quarterstaffs. He wears his green crest down. He has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the island to a summer home near a ruined castle. He would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the island due to the painful memories there. Rathkran took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up scimitar and armor he uses now. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He dresses like a well dressed Blacksmith does. He has a long auburn beard with little hanging trinkets. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He worked as a nervous Blacksmith and found it very stressful. He tends to his Blacksmith job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To be a Dilettante again; and money/treasure

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Guardian, Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1000 cp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a violet collared shirt and green skirt. She accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her auburn hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is obsessed with her god.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Flaws: Insomniac, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: He stands about 3'5" and wears a robe, a symbol of magic around his neck, and a kukri on his belt. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Pink pearl (90 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Jade (90 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. With bright auburn hair. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: The child of a Butcher, who enjoyed hunting, Buvvie was taken on many hunting expeditions. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the east were limited. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature greataxe.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears just a black suit. His brass crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dragonborns.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Half-Elven compassion; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 100 gp.