Description: 3'8" and muscular, this western man wears baggy blue pantaloons and a black scarf. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Erky was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Disease, Secretive. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a tight fitting violet shirt and pants. Her silver hair is braided into rings. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Fortune-teller arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She struck the Fortune-teller job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and balancing her hectic life and new fortune-teller responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 250 gp. Iolite (80 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She prefers to wear flannel. Her hair is chestnut and very short. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 10000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a simple violet robe with black stripes complete with hood. Her tied-back hair is chestnut. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Poor. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She has slicked back golden hair. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her broad tan hat.

Personality: Shava speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. When Shava reached her early adolescence her Elf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 5000 cp.