Description: He has a missing left arm. He wears baggy tan pantaloons and a black scarf. He wears his black hair down. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He worked as a nervous Bookbinder and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 27000 cp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'3" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is renowned for his bright brown suits and hats. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. The war was a terrible time for him, and Hunter does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Hunter was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Hunter grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Hunter. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1200 gp. Rose (80 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Jet (40 gp). Jasper (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears long strands of ruby and short green dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His bronze crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Dragonborns in Nykkan's homeland. Nykkan decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nykkan fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She sports a flattop fur cut. She is baby faced.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Doctor but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Cloud has worked very hard to control her curse. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and money/treasure

Ideals: Opinionated, Pacifist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1800 gp.