Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Gnome, and stands approximately 3'2". He wears a tight fitting pastel shirt and pants, and his gloved hand is found clutching a morningstar. He has a silver handlebar mustache and slicked back silver hair. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He struck the Cook job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Professionalism, Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 3000 gp. Azurite (13 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. He is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around his ears. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. Eberdeb was born on a far southern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Apothecary. 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: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A 5'10" eastern man, he tends to wear a large violet jacket. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the right. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Fletcher. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Fletcher.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Job, Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 2500 gp. Coral (110 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Emerald (1500 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Sard (70 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Moss agate (10 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Gormogord was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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 Painter. He has achieved small success as a Painter.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Painter responsibilities is difficult; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is dressed in earthy colors with a black and green handkerchief worn on his right side. His hair is red and curly. His black eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Barakas was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shortbow.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 600 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp).