Description: A 6'8" western man, he typically wears green cloth garments or leather armor. His dark red hair, when down, is lengthy. His black eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Iados hails from a village terrorized by giants. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered west to less war torn lands. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Iados was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: PTSD, Racist. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. His hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Shepherd profession.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Doctor arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. 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. Gardain fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is content; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1000 gp. Canary diamond (2000 gp). Emerald (1500 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Red garnet (40 gp).

Description: He wears a pastel cloak and cross-gartered violet stockings. His long black fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his father's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered brigands who tried to eat his hand. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears skinny pants and wears a tan and black robe with the hood down. Her hair is golden and very short. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the south. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Sellsword.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Job, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (110 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.