Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his pickaxe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Sporting a chestnut mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: Thradal hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his singing career. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Jasper (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her blue robe. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. Diesa was born on a far eastern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Spice Merchant. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: She stands about 6'3" and is dressed in earthy colors with a black and pastel handkerchief worn on her right side. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her hair is short and silver. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She got into the Merchant business at a young age. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Merchant. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Family, Job, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 5000 cp. Iolite (20 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: 6'4" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a simple green robe with violet stripes complete with hood. His copper crest is lengthy. His red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Through the years after Gargax was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Gargax's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 80 gp. Tourmaline (130 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). 2 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. Her tied-back hair is golden. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she feels threatened by others

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 300 sp.