Description: A 5'4" eastern woman, she prefers to wear flannel. Her white hair is thinning but still full. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Valanthe will drive conversation. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was born into a rich family. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Guard. She has achieved small success as a Guard.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: Blue quartz (15 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. During his travels, Nim and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Nim discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Nim fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

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

Possessions: 3000 gp. Bloodstone (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. His hair, while still mostly dark red, has prominent grey streaks. He has red eyes and a black hat with a green feather.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. 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. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and doesn't want to be a mason and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Fighting, Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His hair is blonde and curly. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Hematite (12 gp). Blue sapphire (1400 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.