Description: This malnourished man prefers to wear flannel. His chestnut hair is braided into rings. His eyes are silver.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. 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: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants revenge against orcs.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is dressed in earthy colors with a green and violet handkerchief worn on his left side. He has dyed his greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. His green eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed green hat.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Dimble isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

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. 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. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable, Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He dresses like a well dressed Scribe does. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has shaved his head bald. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born in the north to a Scribe, Tomi learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. A gifted student he started as a Barrister, but he got bored and became a Scribe. He struck the Scribe job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 5000 sp. Peridot (80 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Amber (150 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a white poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His hair is short and golden. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his broad white hat.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is a great chef.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. 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 was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 70 gp.