Description: He is in excellent shape and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and yellow, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His long red hair reaches down to his waist. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears a tan shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and green pants, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'2" when asserting himself. His red hair is knotted and matted. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1500 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears baggy red pantaloons and a grey scarf. She is physically well-built. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Verna is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Family, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Tourmaline (90 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. Her hair is brown and curly. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Gifted from a young age, Bethrynna studied abroad. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice, Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 800 gp. Red spinel (110 gp). White opal (1000 gp). Azurite (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item.