Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'4" when asserting himself. His hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. This silver eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Oriax hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Sage for the past few years.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 8000 sp. Rose (80 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp).

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She has moderate length chestnut hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Duvamil embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Laborer for hire.

Motivation: To be a Spice Merchant again; and expand her business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 110000 cp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a red coat. Her auburn hair is cut short. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her red hair, when down, is lengthy. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. Eva was born on a far southern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Stylist. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sword.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Opinionated, Justice. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.