Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. His long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 90 gp. Carnelian (60 gp).

Description: She has a missing right leg. She wears an entirely blue suit with red socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She has dyed her greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. Her skin is flawless and her amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Performer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people.

Flaws: Secretive, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: 3'0" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has styled his silver hair well, parting it to the left. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He became a Cartwright soon after.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Military, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: This light-skinned male wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Halimath has worked very hard to control his curse. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat, and carries lances. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Rûkdûg grew up listening to his mother's many stories. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 500 sp. Chrysoprase (60 gp).

Description: She dresses well, wearing red shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. The war was a terrible time for her, and Tawna does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Soapmaker arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. When Tawna reached her early adolescence her Halfling father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Flaws: Cynical, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 20 gp. Banded agate (10 gp).

Description: She wears long strands of aquamarine and short violet dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her tied-back hair is brown. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to be a brewer again

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. This red eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: This man loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To be a Weaver again; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Family, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 350 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This malnourished woman wears dull grey sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed lance, just in case. She has a very tight haircut. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Cook hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Some 3 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Rosalind never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, In love, Mentor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Chrysoprase (70 gp).