Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. 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: Money/treasure; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Freshwater pearl (11 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered red stockings. She has moderate length brown fur. Her skin is flawless and her amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Shivering will drive conversation. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Extrovert, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: 6'10" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a worn and beaten armor. He keeps his long white fur kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are copper and catlike.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Nimble's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Nimble was born the youngest of three triplets. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Soapmaker for hire.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Soapmaker responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 20 gp. Golden pearl (110 gp).

Description: He wears a blue tunic with green highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around his shoes, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'4" when asserting himself. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. 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 is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: Iolite (70 gp).

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is dressed in an above average manner. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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. After a long history of fighting, Karg and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Mentor. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 210 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He is typically in his Map Maker uniform. His dark red hair has been sun bleached extensively. His black eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and expand his business

Flaws: Sensitive, Selfish, Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1700 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She has done her best to style her brown hair to look like a famous performer. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Gardener hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1400 sp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His hair is long and chestnut with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is brown, braided, and well cared for. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Through the years after Kyle was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Kyle's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Insane, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Criminal record. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 40 gp. Red garnet (140 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, black shirt, and brown tie. He has a auburn handlebar mustache and slicked back auburn hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Yurk hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Yurk grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Yurk. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away.

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 500 sp.