Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears suspenders and grey workpants. His shirt is pastel, and he wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. He has no hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Igden hails from a village terrorized by illithids. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Gardener for hire.

Motivation: Expand his business; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 200 gp. Violet garnet (600 gp). White opal (600 gp). 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with green slacks. His crest is rusty, silky, and of moderate length. His red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 700 sp. Citrine (30 gp).

Description: This man wears just a blue suit. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on his right hand. He has no hair. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: Pirithin hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the south were limited. 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: To end his boredom.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His chestnut hair is braided into rings. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is a great chef.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 100 gp.