Description: He has a missing left leg. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Mercenary. His copper crest is matted, messy, and big. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Kiirith was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. Her red hair is lengthy. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

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. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Gifted from a young age, Ranala studied abroad. Her mother worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled mother and took her mother's old job. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 14000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a tan collared shirt and green skirt. She accessorizes with a tan scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt, and is pretty ugly. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Miner arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Miner work with an outfit from a few towns over. Miner work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has achieved small success as a Miner.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears bulky black painted plate armor, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her hair is auburn and very short. Her half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Born to a Spy, her father struggled to pay the bills. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Spy they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Actor, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Family, Poor. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 400 gp. Eye agate (7 gp). Moss agate (7 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears bulky tan painted plate armor. He sports a flattop hair cut. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his broad tan hat.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

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. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears dark leathers with embroidery. His hair is cut close to his head. His red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Stableman. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: 4'9" and muscular, this western man is renowned for his bright violet suits and hats. His black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 south. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He is an epitome of beauty. 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 dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 700 sp.