Description: A 3'2" southern man, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. He keeps his auburn hair in a flapper bob. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. A true patriot, Erky would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born to a Jeweler, his father struggled to pay the bills. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Poor. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing violet cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. His hair is short and golden. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Patrick was born on a far eastern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Healer. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Small steel mirror.

Description: This dark-skinned male likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His head has been shaved. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Interpreter

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

Possessions: 700 gp. Blue star sapphire (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing a tight white one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'8" when asserting himself. He has shaved his head bald. He has green eyes and a white hat with a red feather.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Erky 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 daughter.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Through the years after Erky was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Erky's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 20000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He wears a brown coat over a blue low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head. His auburn hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his feathered brown hat.

Personality: He is mildly Gnome supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Darkwood Shield.