Description: This man is very fat, and wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He worked as a nervous Bookbinder and found it very stressful. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1400 gp. Amber (40 gp). Amber (40 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length black hair. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: Deep green spinel (80 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He has done his best to style his silver hair to look like a famous performer. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Gifted from a young age, Vlorn studied abroad. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Gardener. He struck the Gardener job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Gardener responsibilities is difficult; and money/treasure

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Smokesticks.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. Sporting a white mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. 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: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Optimist, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 3'8" and dresses well, wearing yellow shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Boddynock was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He's also a talented Dyer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Server

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 200 gp.