Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a worn and beaten armor. He has moderate length black hair. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and revenge

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 20 pp. Malachite (14 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born in the south. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He carries with him a set of whips, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His tied-back hair is chestnut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Joker, Professionalism. Flaws: Insomniac. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: Standing 3'6", this woman wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she is content

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 150 gp.