Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears just a black suit. Her scarlet crest is greasy and uncared for. This gold eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: This woman loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. She has all her life been fascinated with dancing.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears a tight fitting yellow shirt and pants. His hair is auburn and very short. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his top yellow hat.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Born to a Adventurer, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the west were limited. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants revenge against orcs.

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 3'4" and wears a tan costume with the symbols of magic on her torso. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her skin is flawless and her amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She 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. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Racist, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears an entirely tan suit with black socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His black hair is knotted and matted. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman is very fat, and is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and black handkerchief worn on her left side. With wild white hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She found a children's book about a Elf Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She has worked as a Bather like her father before her.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is her passion; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 330 gp. Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He wears violet robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a club, but if one is not available he will default to his lance, marred by teas. Sporting a brown mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

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 very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Robert was born the youngest of three triplets. Robert was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Robert decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and doesn't want to be a junk dealer and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She prefers to wear flannel. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her nunchaku, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. She has a long golden ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Adelaide has worked very hard to control her curse. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Passionate, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 40 gp. Rock crystal (50 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This late middle aged man wears many layers of old clothing at all times and is in decent physical shape. His white hair is still thick. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady silver eyes.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He has all his life been fascinated with dancing.

History: Born in the west to a Mortician, Therai learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Mortician.

Motivation: To be a Barkeep again.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 110 gp. 3 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She keeps her golden hair in a flapper bob. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson grey 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. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. 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 is greedy.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1900 sp. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.