Description: He has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his yellow robe. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are brown.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Efferil has worked very hard to control his curse. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. His skin is dark but he possesses many white ritualistic tattoos. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. His golden hair, when down, is lengthy. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Herbalist. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Kipper lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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 Herbalist. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She is a great chef.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She bought a greataxe and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Mercenary. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His silver hair is smooth and relatively long. His white eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Shy, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He has a missing right leg. He is dressed in an above average manner. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. A gifted student he started as a Layabout, but he got bored and became a Shepherd. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Shepherd responsibilities is difficult; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He carries with him a set of bastard swords, each one with a amber on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His golden hair is thinning but still full. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He takes great joy in being the best Tailor in town.

History: Born to a Sculptor, his father struggled to pay the bills. 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. 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. Taklinn fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has a very tight haircut. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She was born into a rich family. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 4'5". He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His white hair is lengthy. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and a strong sense of loyalty to gnomish people

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears brown trousers with blue and tan striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His hair is cut close to his head. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 400 sp. Moonstone (60 gp).