Description: Runty and weak-looking, he prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. His hair is cut close to his head. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Efferil embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born to a Ploughman, his father struggled to pay the bills. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. After a long history of fighting, Efferil and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 400 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Marshal. His long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Jocelyn grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Jocelyn was born on a far southern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Marshal. 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: He feels kind of lost in life; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1000 pp. Blue quartz (14 gp). Amber (160 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Cockaby isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. The war was a terrible time for him, and Cockaby does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. When Cockaby reached his early adolescence his Gnome father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Nature, Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a black cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Slave, Nature. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 600 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1000 gp).

Description: He stands about 6'3" and wears a grey collared shirt and tan pants. He accessorizes with a red scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. He bought a axe and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Military, Nature. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 20 gp.