Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. Through the years after Grûblik was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Grûblik's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears an entirely brown suit with violet socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He has a long golden beard with little hanging trinkets. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and a strong sense of loyalty to gnomish people

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 700 sp. Aquamarine (400 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp).

Description: This light-skinned female typically wears blue cloth garments or leather armor. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She has moderate length auburn hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered south to less war torn lands. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Flaws: Terse, PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant, Guardian, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her black hair is braided into rings. Her ears are large.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Spy arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp. Jasper (50 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has amber eyes.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She got into the Miner business at a young age. In her 14th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother 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 inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to be a sellsword again

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a black collared shirt and brown pants. He accessorizes with a red scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His blue crest is long and unkept. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gold.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. When Valorean reached his early adolescence his Dragonborn mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He bought a scythe and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Military. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 30 gp. Solid gold idol (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She prefers to wear brown clothing when she does not wear armor. Her black fur is singed and shortened. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. 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 Bowyer. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and to be a butcher again

Ideals: Logical, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1500 sp. Azurite (5 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has wavy cinnamon fur. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. After months of barely getting by, Shadow managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 330 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is a mite stocky and is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane, Racist. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 370 gp. Alexandrite (600 gp).