Description: The light-skinned man stands 3'6" and wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a tan coat. His hair is long and auburn with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small tan clips. His beard is black, braided, and well cared for. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born into a rich family. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Umpen fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is greedy; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This malnourished man wears silk and lounges about seductively. His crest, while still mostly scarlet, has prominent grey streaks. His red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He bought a shortbow and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and he has a crush on the local ploughman

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This eastern man is well dressed, constantly wearing a grey suit, green shirt, and brown tie. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy auburn hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Detective

Voice: French accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears bulky white painted plate armor. Her long white hair reaches down to her waist. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Tawna was born the youngest of three triplets. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 70 gp. Bloodstone (80 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has a very tight haircut. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: Heian is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Heian was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Bowyer. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert, Fighting. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 310 gp.