Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He enjoys reading and quiet.

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. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 4000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (20 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (160 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His auburn hair is thinning but still full. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he wants revenge against giants

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Sard (30 gp).

Description: She wears a tattered pair of loose white pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She is physically well-built. Her hair is long and red with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small white clips. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her feathered white hat.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Tomph lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Family, Religious. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has moderate length black hair. Her white eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Architect born in the past three hundred years. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Tabaxi companion (her 'brother'). She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 400 sp.