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).

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. She is portly but not overly obese. She has done her best to style her auburn hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She moved out east to avoid the crime she committed. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and regain custody of her daughter

Bonds: Attractive, Family, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: 3'4" and muscular, this southern man wears a white vest and prefers green and pastel shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has no hair. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. 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, Watson is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Watson lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 300 gp. Hematite (9 gp). Amber (110 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp).

Description: 3'7" and muscular, this northern man wears tan robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a bow, but if one is not available he will default to his scimitar. He has a very tight haircut. He is baby faced.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Igden fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Fighting. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His hair is cut close to his head. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He got into the Brewer business at a young age. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Brewer. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 310 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her tied-back hair is white. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 70 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp). 2 Acid flasks.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is wearing a long, pastel, dusty cloak. Her red fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. Her eyes are copper.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Sage arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She is wearing a long, brown cloak. Her long brown fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are a pleasant copper.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Sculptor. She became a Sculptor soon after.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and balancing her hectic life and new sculptor responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1800 sp. Aquamarine (500 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Malachite (5 gp). 4 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Elf, and stands approximately 5'7". He wears a yellow shirt, with a brown mid length shorts with brown tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them, and his gloved hand is found clutching a sai. He has chestnut hair. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born in the west. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 80 gp.