Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. With bright brown hair and a scraggly beard. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Zook grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Zook. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around his ears. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Roondar embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Born in the east to a Fletcher, Roondar learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. 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 Fletcher. After a long history of fighting, Roondar and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 2000 gp. Coral (70 gp).

Description: This man is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Bounty Hunter, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He keeps his long red hair kept up in a rat tail. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: The child of a Crown-heir, who enjoyed hunting, Corkitron was taken on many hunting expeditions. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 2000 sp. Black star sapphire (400 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp).

Description: He wears dull tan sweaters, loose pastel pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed ceremonial dagger, just in case. His chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His ears are large.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Gardener profession.

History: Ulfgar lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Breastplate.