Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized violet coat. His gray fur is thinning but still full. His copper eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1200 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (20 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, and is pretty ugly. His head has been shaved. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Fonkin embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with his Guard father left him crippled. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and regain custody of his son

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 700 gp. Red-brown spinel (120 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His tied-back hair is silver. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: Anthony hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his dancing career. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing dancing.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. His long auburn hair reaches down to his waist. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

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. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered west to less war torn lands. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Spice Merchant responsibilities is difficult; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Philantrophist, Joker, Gifted. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 15000 cp. 4 Holy water. 3 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'6" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears bulky brown painted plate armor. He has silver hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Mordai grew up listening to his mother's many stories. A freak accident while working with his Server mother left him crippled. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. Jasper (50 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Malachite (4 gp).