Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, and is pretty ugly. He wears his white hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Racist. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She stands about 3'3" and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Shy, Hedonist, Mundane, Insane. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He keeps his long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Azaki isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Elven unity. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Azaki was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Azaki was born on a far northern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Sailor. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 230 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a black coat with green slacks. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He keeps his long blue hair kept up in a rat tail. His skin is flawless and his white eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Rimmon grew up listening to his father's many stories. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Gnomish companion (his 'brother'). He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature morningstar.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). 1 Average lock.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears white painted combat armor at almost all times. His hair is brown and very short. His ears are large.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. After coming to the age of reason, Akoth took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 700 sp. Zircon (60 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Ploughman. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Ploughman for the past few years.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Family, Poor, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Bullseye lantern. 1 Healer’s kit.

Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, and carries quarterstaffs. She has moderate length white fur. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gale fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 2000 cp. A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (100 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a black small hat and black clothes. His brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His fierce white eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, In love. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Chrysoberyl (50 gp).

Description: This man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has styled his brown hair well, parting it to the right. His green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

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 has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Fearful, Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 400 sp. Chrysoprase (70 gp).