Description: This tall, slender man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His crest is cut close to his head. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Srorthen is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Dwarven compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to dwarven people

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears baggy yellow pantaloons and a brown scarf. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with singing. He constantly tries to fill his life with singing. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. Now he works as a singing tutor during his time off.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: Golden pearl (60 gp). 1 Holy water.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She keeps her long green crest kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She got into the Soapmaker business at a young age. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Gifted, Opinionated. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on his right hand. His hair is golden and very short. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

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 susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Fortune-teller arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 70 gp. Hematite (15 gp). 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: He wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly crossbows and lances. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Map Maker arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His silver hair is heavily combed to the right. He has gray eyes.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Aldous lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Aldous has worked very hard to control his curse. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Glassblower and was forced into it by his family; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears long strands of emerald and short yellow dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her tied-back hair is red. Her skin is flawless and her amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She is an amazing painter.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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 has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 3000 cp. Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame, and she perpetually has her dagger ready. She has dyed her greying dark red hair a little too much giving a sharp dark red color. Her white eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the west. In her 12th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Greedy, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: She wears a grey Stetson hat and grey clothes. She is portly but not overly obese. Sporting a silver mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of brigands may trigger it at times.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: Many brigands want her driven away.

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Guardian, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.