Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. His black hair is still thick. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A gifted student he started as a Courier, but he got bored and became a Spice Merchant. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Spice Merchant for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: Amethyst (120 gp). 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His hair is auburn and curly. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Ploughman but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born in the north. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Barrister. His golden hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 800 sp. Rhodochrosite (10 gp).

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His long golden hair reaches down to his waist. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Broce isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Broce 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 Bather. He struck the Bather job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: She stands about 5'5" and wears a tight fitting white shirt and pants. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She wears her brown hair up. Her skin is flawless and her amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. Being a Farmer kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Rock crystal (30 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.