Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing yellow cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. He is portly but not overly obese. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length dark red hair. His eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His skin is flawless and his violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. 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: To unite with his brother.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Family, Military. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 80 gp. Rock crystal (60 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 17000 sp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with brown slacks. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Tricking 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. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 3000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. His white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his broad green hat.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Blacksmith. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Born in the north to a Blacksmith, Gruk learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his father's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered drow who tried to eat his hand. He's also a talented Tanner, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 800 gp. Smoky quartz (60 gp).