Description: A middle-aged man, he is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and black handkerchief worn on his left side, and is pretty ugly. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. Qualen is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. His father worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled father and took his father's old job. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 240 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her spear with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Sybil will drive conversation. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Born in the west to a Bookbinder, Sybil learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Bookbinder. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 20 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).

Description: This man has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his brown robe. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. This brown eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. His first spouse was a Glassblower, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Spy for hire.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Guardian, Family, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 19000 cp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His black hair is lengthy. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. Warryn enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born in the north. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the north were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: She usually wears her red robe and has her kukri always slung over her shoulder. She carries a battered dagger and tarnished kukri as well. Her black hair is braided into rings. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: Paela hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. She is a great chef.

History: Born to a Dyer, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Her martial abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 600 sp.