Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears baggy grey pantaloons and a green scarf. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Australian accent

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

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. He carries with him a set of kukris on his belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Wobbles 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. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

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. Ostracized due to the divine 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. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Wobbles fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. She carries with her a set of sickles on her belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. Her hair is short and black. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a yellow vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her yellow boots flare out at the collars. She has moderate length silver hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Mercenary arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Addict. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1000 cp. Golden yellow topaz (300 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears baggy tan pantaloons and a brown scarf. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy silver hair. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

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 also has developed a complete distrust of the Shepherd profession.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. 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 achieved small success as a Painter.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a pastel tunic with white highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she wants to get laid

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1700 sp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. His long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to protect his home

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Secretive. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. She keeps her black fur in a flapper bob. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Spear was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Herbalist. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and regain custody of her daughter

Flaws: Impulsive, Insane. Bonds: Slave, Job, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. 2 Antitoxin.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a grey top hat and grey clothes. Her silver hair is cut short. This amber eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 39. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Born to a Detective, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

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

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Mentor, Poor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 40 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp).