Description: This younger middle-aged man is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. A friendly and beautiful Gnome, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, dire rats burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying south to reunite his family. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and many dire rats want him driven away

Bonds: In love, Enemies, Attractive, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 100 gp. Aquamarine (600 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp).

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents, and carries sickles. He wears his auburn hair up. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Umpen embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Umpen and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length red hair. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 east. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Agnes was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: Half-Orc compassion; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He is physically well-built. He has moderate length white hair. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. After coming to the age of reason, Halander took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is in excellent shape and is dressed in earthy colors with a violet and pastel handkerchief worn on her left side. She sports golden long hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was born in the south. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a green coat with blue slacks. His crest is green, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are likewise red.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing painting.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Layabout hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: Rose (30 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has styled his beige fur well, parting it to the right. He wears a mask on his face.

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. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. 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: Retire the richest man in the east; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Persistence, Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Rose (60 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp).

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge, marred by beers. Her moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 7 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Alice never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy, Impulsive. Bonds: Slave, In love. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. His tied-back hair is golden. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson tan hat.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Miller business.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. Carrie abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Alchemist’s fire.