Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his lance with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has no hair. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Gennal was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, In love. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This southern woman wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Gnomish activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Gnomish doctor. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Sporting a white mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Selfish, Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is very fat, and prefers to wear flannel. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His first spouse was a Roofer, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She wears her black hair down. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 2900 sp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a blue coat. She has styled her auburn hair well, parting it to the right. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Actor but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. 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: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 4000 cp. 2 Antitoxin.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His crest is rusty, silky, and of moderate length. His gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. The war was a terrible time for him, and Arjhan does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. A true patriot, Taklinn would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Taklinn lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Banker responsibilities is difficult; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Family, Job, Slave. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 120 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (70 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a green deerstalker hat and green clothes. Her crest is blue and curly. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Akra lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She struck the Dyer job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: To protect her home; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1600 sp.