Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He has a small bristly mustache and wavy white hair. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Painter but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a green shirt, with a tan mid length shorts with tan tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He sports a long red beard, and similarly colored long hair. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Merchant born in the past three hundred years. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Merchant. He tends to his Merchant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Merchant

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

Possessions: 1500 sp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp).

Description: This man wears bulky green painted plate armor. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his left hand. His blonde hair is lengthy. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Fibblestib isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 18000 sp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. He wears his purple hair up. His silver eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1300 gp. Fire opal (1400 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His golden hair is braided into rings. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. After a long history of fighting, Hobart and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.