Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He carries a battered greataxe and tarnished hand crossbow as well. His tied-back hair is blonde. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his small brown hat.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants revenge against brigands; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 90 pp. Jade (120 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Jet (120 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Obsidian (4 gp).

Description: He stands about 3'11" and wears a black costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Dwarven culture. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born in a small desert village. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: Dwarven compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to dwarven people

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Racist, Shy. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 15000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a tan collared shirt and grey pants. He accessorizes with a red scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His white hair is long and unkept. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. A freak accident while working with his Bellfounder father left him crippled. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 15000 cp.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He dresses like a well dressed Fortune-teller does. His hair is golden and curly. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. Lucan enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man prefers to wear flannel and is in decent physical shape. His brown hair is thinning but still full. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Soapmaker born in the past three hundred years. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. 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 Soapmaker. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 8000 cp.