Description: A moderately attractive man, he prefers to wear flannel. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Ribbles embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he is greedy

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'6". He is typically in his Barber uniform. He sports a flattop crest cut. His eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: Torinn hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. Torinn enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He's also a talented Fletcher, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and balancing his hectic life and new barber responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: This dark-skinned male wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His head has been shaved. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Fibblestib 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; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Secretive. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 20 gp. Deep green spinel (160 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She typically wears red cloth garments or leather armor. Her blonde hair is cut short. This amber eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Spice Merchant. She is physically well-built. With wild white hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her father worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled father and took her father's old job. After a long history of fighting, Rosamund and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She keeps her auburn hair in a flapper bob. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. 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: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Shava was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She tends to her Laborer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with tan colored cloaks and clothing. Her black hair is well kept. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Born in the west to a Fortune-teller, Salanop learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Fortune-teller.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 3'0". He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down, and his gloved hand is found clutching a longsword. His long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He is content; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Passionate, Persistence. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a tight fitting red shirt and pants. Her golden hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Rose isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Rose grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Rose. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.