Description: This southern man is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Tanner. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair, while still mostly dark red, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Mantus lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. One day when Mantus was young, his father was sewing while trying to overcome the flu, when suddenly his father dropped to the ground dead. His father had died from a severe disease that was unknown to the village doctor. Mantus was heart-stricken from the event, and his mother started working long hours to provde for them. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and doesn't want to be a tanner and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Selfish, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 30 pp. Silver pearl (120 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Blue sapphire (500 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Malachite (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she has a large yellow mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her blue robe. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 31. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing poetry.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Military, Family, Guardian. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her brown hair is heavily combed to the left. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Nurkara was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. He carries with him a set of maces, each one with a emerald on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He wears his auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 4000 gp. Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Clear bright green emerald (4000 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Pink diamond (4000 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.