Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his sai with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He carries a battered whip and tarnished sai as well. His hair is long and black with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small tan clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. Qualen enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born in the west. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Gnomes in Qualen's homeland. Qualen decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Addict, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 130 gp. Rock crystal (50 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. His black hair is long and unkept. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He worked as a nervous Bellfounder and found it very stressful. 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: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Job, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, and she perpetually has her quarterstaff ready. She has done her best to style her auburn hair to look like a famous performer. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her parents enrolled her in a Aristocrat school at a young age so that she could practice her arcane talents. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 160 gp. Tourmaline (80 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down and is in decent physical shape. He has a auburn handlebar mustache and slicked back auburn hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Zaffrab is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He found a children's book about a Gnome Druid who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 140 gp. Smoky quartz (50 gp).