Description: He prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly crossbows and monstrous two handed axes. He has wavy chestnut hair. His white eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Xappan grew up listening to his mother's many stories. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 40 gp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. His hair is cut close to his head. 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 likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Gerard was born the youngest of three triplets. He was taken from his home at a very young age. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Slave, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His long rusty crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are gold.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He has all his life been fascinated with music.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Miner arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

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 pastel ritualistic tattoos. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his sai with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His chestnut hair is long and unkept. This blue eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Dabbledob lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He found a children's book about a Gnome Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She typically wears green cloth garments or leather armor. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines white.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Shoemaker but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when goblins swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Artistic, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He wears his copper crest up. 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 is fixated on the number 52. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. Greethen is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Greethen was born with his father's beautiful face. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Tailor and was forced into it by his family.

Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. He is physically well-built. His fur is orange and curly. This yellow eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His first spouse was a Sage, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Laborer for hire.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Sage; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. She is physically well-built. Her long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her skin is flawless and her black eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Beleth was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He wears a brown coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. He has a hunchback. His head has been shaved. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His childhood dream was to be a Junk Dealer, but he was a colossal failure. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and balancing his hectic life and new ploughman responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 2100 sp.