Description: He wears a tight fitting violet shirt and pants. He carries with him a set of falchions, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His brown hair is greasy and uncared for. He has gray eyes and a violet hat with a green feather.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. While he appears to be a normal Half-Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. With bright blonde hair. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 240 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She takes great joy in being the best Roofer in town.

History: Lia was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She's also a talented Unemployed, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand her business

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1800 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears skinny pants and wears a red and white robe with the hood down. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the east. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he is greedy

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He sports violet clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 60 gp.