Description: This northern man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his kukri with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His clothes are grease stained in places. His white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Gerald was born on a far northern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Healer. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: 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; and he has decided he is irredeemable

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

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She keeps her white hair in a pixie cut. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Beggar arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature scimitar.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears tan trousers with green and pastel striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Barrister hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Barrister.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his music with anyone who is interested.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 70 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (10 gp). 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy red crest. He wears a black collared shirt and violet pants. He accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He has a hunchback. He has moderate length red crest. His red eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed black hat.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He has all his life been fascinated with music.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Nature, Religious. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 100 sp.