Description: Standing 3'2", this man dresses well, wearing tan shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the south. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Merchant hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion; and he is content

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. His white hair is knotted and matted. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he is content

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears suspenders and tan workpants. His shirt is red, and he wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His black hair is heavily combed to the left. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Stableman who has hired him part-time. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Stableman hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Has a crush, Poor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is wearing a tight green one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His copper crest is heavily combed to the right. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Nithther is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Bather. 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: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Justice, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he dresses in red turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with blue slacks. His auburn hair is braided into rings. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He hates Halflings with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Half-Orc compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to half-orc people

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 240 gp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her copper crest is singed and shortened. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

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. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and wants to raise her children well

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: She has a missing left leg. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. Her fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: Vorka lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. She has dyed her greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She has all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: The child of a Marshal, who enjoyed hunting, Artin was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She bought a trident and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Joker, Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears dull black sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed nunchaku, just in case. Her blue hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep white.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Courier arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 10000 cp. 1 Healer’s kit.