Description: A 3'5" eastern man, he usually wears his blue robe and has his longbow always slung over his shoulder. His golden hair is cut short. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Eldon embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Spice Merchant business.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the east. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He tends to his Spice Merchant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: He is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his halberd, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. His hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Criminal record, Guardian. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 80 gp. Rose (30 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She wears her chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Masseuse born in the past three hundred years. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has worked as a Masseuse like her mother before her.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Moss agate (12 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp).

Description: This man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty yellow coat over it. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

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. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Jocelyn is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born into a rich family. In his 18th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Jocelyn alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Jocelyn was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Persistence, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This malnourished man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His tied-back hair is silver. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. The war was a terrible time for him, and Kâka does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His parents enrolled him in a Bard school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. 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: To end his boredom; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1100 sp. 2 Acid flasks.