Description: This younger middle-aged man tends to wear a large green jacket, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Marshal born in the past three hundred years. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the east were limited. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: In love, Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 3000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (40 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a green collared shirt and tan pants. He accessorizes with a green scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'11" when asserting himself. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Uthemar was born with his mother's beautiful face. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his mother's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered brigands who tried to eat his hand. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies, Attractive. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 100 gp. Carnelian (30 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp).

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Wrenn grew up listening to his father's many stories. 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 dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 500 sp. Rock crystal (40 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Amethyst (110 gp).

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with black slacks. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He prefers to wear flannel. His tied-back hair is silver. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Spice Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Spice Merchant work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Lucan was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 220 gp. Violet garnet (600 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp).