Description: 5'11" and muscular, this eastern man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Manfred was born the youngest of three triplets. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. 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: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: Alexandrite (600 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp).

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears bulky tan painted plate armor. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. She has amber eyes and a tan hat with a grey feather.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Jeweler arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

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

Ideals: Professionalism, Athletic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 390 gp. 4 Thunderstones.

Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of death around her neck, and a longsword on her belt. She is physically well-built. She has dyed her greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She got into the Seamstress business at a young age. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She wants revenge against goblins; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears suspenders and violet workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy violet leather apron most of the time. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he is content

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 260 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized pastel coat. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 900 sp.