Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered black stockings, and is pretty ugly. His tied-back hair is red. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Map Maker. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. His childhood dream was to be a Armorer, but he was a colossal failure. He struck the Map Maker job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 400 sp. Banded agate (7 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a white shirt, with a blue mid length skirt with blue tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She has amber eyes and a white hat with a blue feather.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Born to a Tanner, her mother struggled to pay the bills. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has dedicated herself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. Hematite (4 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp).

Description: This malnourished man wears professional attire. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Healer. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He worked as a nervous Healer and found it very stressful. He's also a talented Herbalist, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand his business

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 700 sp. Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a yellow wide-brimmed hat and yellow clothes. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful, Shy. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a simple blue robe with black stripes complete with hood. His auburn hair is long and unkept. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Qualen is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Qualen was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: Deep blue spinel (200 gp).

Description: An older man who wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with tan colored cloaks and clothing, he is not a threatening figure. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His childhood dream was to be a Banker, but he was a colossal failure. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to be a banker again

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, yellow shirt, and grey tie, and he perpetually has his shortbow ready. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the left. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Optimist. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 16000 cp. Rock crystal (20 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a black small hat and black clothes. He keeps his long blue hair kept up in a rat tail. His white eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Marbas is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Born in the west to a Soapmaker, Marbas learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Depressed, Secretive. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. She wears her red fur down. Her eyes are yellow.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Serpent is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born into a rich family. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Passionate, Justice. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 360 gp. Star ruby (400 gp).