Description: This man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his left hand. He has no hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: She has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her grey robe. She has dyed her greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. Her eyes are likewise red.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: The child of a Actor, who enjoyed hunting, Beleth was taken on many hunting expeditions. A gifted student she started as a Actor, but she got bored and became a Fletcher. She became a Fletcher soon after.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Joker, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: 4'7" and muscular, this western woman wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her black hair is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: This woman loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. 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 never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 300 sp. Rock crystal (20 gp). 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a hand crossbow, but if one is not available she will default to her sai. Her golden hair is long and unkept. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Spice Merchant for the past few years.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 100 sp. Onyx (30 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a worn and beaten armor. Her auburn hair is singed and shortened. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: She was born into a rich family. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 800 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her ears are large.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. As a very small child her family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. Her mother, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect her and cast a teleportation spell that whisked her away. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. His gray fur has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are a pleasant copper.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Marshal arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Kite 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: Regain custody of his son; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. Her fur is brown and curly. This blue eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Architect.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 200 sp. Pink pearl (70 gp).

Description: This malnourished man is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and pastel handkerchief worn on his left side. His brown hair is still thick. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is mildly Gnome supremacist, though he does not identify as such. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp).