Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. A friendly and beautiful Gnome, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: She was born in the west. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Gnomes in Mardnab's homeland. Mardnab decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Mardnab fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her black hair is well kept. She wears an eyepatch.

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. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Rich. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Gnome, and stands approximately 3'2". She wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs, and her gloved hand is found clutching a mace. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. A true patriot, Abalaba would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She has achieved small success as a Weaver.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to be a map maker again

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Job, Military. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is wearing a tight tan one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His white hair is lengthy. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. 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 Locksmith. He tends to his Locksmith job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 20 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her hair is black and very short. Her black eyes peer out from beneath her top black hat.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Locksmith responsibilities is difficult; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears baggy white pantaloons and a brown scarf. Her chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Roofer who has hired her part-time. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Nedda lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gifted student she started as a Performer, but she got bored and became a Roofer. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Family, Job. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His hair is chestnut and curly. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Stableman. He's also a talented Glassblower, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family, Nature, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears bulky black painted plate armor, and is pretty ugly. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small black clips. His beard is golden, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Shoemaker. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. After a long history of fighting, Hogar and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He sports grey clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now mingles about in high society.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 200 sp.