Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears dull violet sweaters, loose yellow pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed scimitar, just in case. His tied-back hair is chestnut. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears tattered old clothes, and is pretty ugly. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy white hair. He has hazel eyes and a tan hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Military. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Chrysoberyl (100 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her chestnut hair is thinning but still full. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Through the years after Pyra was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Pyra's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. 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. Pyra fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull black iron scale mail. She has styled her beige fur well, parting it to the left. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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. During her travels, Tricking and her party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Tricking discovered the rest of her party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Tricking fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing her own horrible transformation.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 60 pp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt, and is pretty ugly. He sports a long blonde beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Hubert was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 Banker. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Banker for hire.

Motivation: To be a Beggar again.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He wears his bronze crest down. He has gleaming, smiling gold 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. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This malnourished man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has a very tight haircut. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Blacksmith born in the past three hundred years. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Blacksmith responsibilities is difficult; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: She has a missing left leg. She wears suspenders and yellow workpants. Her shirt is brown, and she wears a heavy yellow leather apron most of the time. Her long red hair reaches down to her waist. Her ears are large.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A freak accident while working with her Butcher father left her crippled. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To protect her home; and she made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful, Disease. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His silver hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Born in the south to a Map Maker, Alston learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He's also a talented Soapmaker, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 130 gp.