Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His hair is golden and curly. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away; and he wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has wavy auburn hair. He has amber eyes.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Cartwright but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

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 has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 300 gp. Eye agate (9 gp).

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering his clean studded leather. He wears his chestnut hair down. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Gerbo isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Gerbo was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 400 gp. White pearl (70 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a black coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head. He wears his brown hair up. His gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. A gifted student he started as a Tailor, but he got bored and became a Junk Dealer. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 140 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (170 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 3'4" and wears an entirely black suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Purban was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He struck the Gardener job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane, Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 6000 cp.