Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a black costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Savaran was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Many gnolls want her driven away; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: Pink pearl (160 gp). Amber (160 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her brown hair is heavily combed to the left. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: In love, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His silver crest is lengthy. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Tarhun fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: Alexandrite (900 gp). Amber (130 gp). Jade (130 gp). Rose (30 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a blue coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. His blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. Namfoodle was born on a far western island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Mayor. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.