Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. His red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. Cairn enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born in the east to a Soapmaker, Cairn learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He struck the Soapmaker job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing his hectic life and new soapmaker responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 40000 sp. Moss agate (11 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man wears a fancy black suit and is in decent physical shape. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. 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 Fortune-teller. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to be a barber again

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Racist, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1800 gp. Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A freak accident while working with his Architect father left him crippled. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 500 gp. Star rose quartz (30 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Jet (50 gp). Emerald (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a tan suit, white shirt, and tan tie, and carries shortspears. He wears a colorful flower in his black hair. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Fallond fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Revenge; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: 6'2" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears red trousers with blue and pastel striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His brass crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. He has gold eyes and a red hat with a blue feather.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Architect. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. 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 Architect. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Bharash was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 200 gp.