Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. Her skin is dark but she possesses many yellow ritualistic tattoos. She wears skinny pants and wears a tan and yellow robe with the hood down. Her black hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. She tends to her Butcher job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Butcher responsibilities is difficult; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 5000 cp. Black pearl (200 gp). 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: A 4'7" northern woman, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has dyed her greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: Faral is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has gray fur. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Shivering 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. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Shivering was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new hunter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Extrovert, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 300 gp. Citrine (70 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. He has a black handlebar mustache and slicked back black hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born to a Carter, his father struggled to pay the bills. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull brown iron scale mail. Her red crest is braided into rings. Her red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist, Fearful. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: 5'0" and muscular, this northern man wears baggy green pantaloons and a black scarf. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. He has red eyes.

Personality: He is a Brewer first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Tiefling conditions. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Brewer for hire.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Brewer responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Smokesticks.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. He keeps his long brown fur kept up in a rat tail. His copper eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. He 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. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature dagger.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 20 gp. Golden pearl (100 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She dresses well, wearing green shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'1" when asserting herself. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Unemployed arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich, Debt. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 300 gp. Sard (30 gp). Black pearl (600 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a yellow coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head. His auburn hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

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. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Insane, Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 100 sp. Rock crystal (60 gp). 1 Hourglass.