Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her black hair is unkempt and raggedy. She has gray eyes and a violet hat with a brown feather.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She has all her life been fascinated with music.

History: The child of a Baker, who enjoyed hunting, Birel was taken on many hunting expeditions. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Debt. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his hammer, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. His dark red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. 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 Bowyer. He's also a talented Butcher, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job, Religious. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 700 sp. Jade (50 gp).

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his violet robe. His head has been shaved. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Wiggens embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Wiggens hails from a village terrorized by illithids. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Sage work with an outfit from a few towns over. Sage work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Sage.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 40 pp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (60 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His hair is chestnut and curly. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Human culture. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Paggen fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Human people.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Addict, Racist. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Dwarf, and stands approximately 4'3". He prefers to wear grey pants and tee shirts, and his gloved hand is found clutching a quarterstaff. His hair is red and very short. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Ploughman arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Slave, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 700 sp. 2 Holy water.

Description: She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a pastel coat. Her fur is red and very short. Her copper eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and doesn't want to be a cartwright and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Family, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. He sports a long golden beard, and similarly colored long hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Damien 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. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: She is wearing a long, black cloak, and carries bows. Her long silver crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her skin is flawless and her red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Body Guard who has hired her part-time. 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 on a small isolated farm. Perra liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Weaver. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She's in love; and she has a crush on the local weaver

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Forgetful, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Nature. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 4000 cp. White pearl (140 gp).

Description: She wears a grey wide-brimmed hat and grey clothes. Her red hair is braided into rings. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Gardener who has hired her part-time. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. 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 has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants a kiss.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Has a crush, Nature, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1000 cp.