Description: This slender man stands about 3'4". He dresses like a well dressed Scribe does. His white hair is cut short. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: Gifted from a young age, Eldon studied abroad. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Blacksmith again; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane, Racist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 30000 sp.

Description: This man wears a pastel tunic with brown highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on his right hand. His hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. He is baby faced.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. 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 Carter. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He's in love.

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Has a crush, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1100 pp. Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Jade (60 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). White opal (1300 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Star ruby (1300 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Black opal (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 6'10" western man, he is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering his clean studded leather. His fur is red, silky, and of moderate length. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Born in the west to a Marshal, Quick learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His childhood dream was to be a Ruler, but he was a colossal failure. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He tends to wear a large yellow jacket. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Ortegar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Ortegar alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Ploughman for the past few years.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Impeccable. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 200 gp. Obsidian (10 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Amber (150 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears dull blue sweaters, loose tan pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed greatsword, just in case. His auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A freak accident while working with his Sailor mother left him crippled. 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.

Ideals: Artistic, Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 500 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.