Description: This late middle aged man wears a blue vest and prefers tan and red shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down and is in decent physical shape. His auburn hair and beard is wavy and long. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Insane. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her pastel robe. She keeps her black hair in a flapper bob. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She was born in the west. Zagga was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Zagga decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is her passion; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Flaws: Sensitive, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: Standing 6'1", this man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. His silver crest is unkempt and raggedy. His gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He takes great joy in being the best Courier in town.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Tarhun grew up listening to his mother's many stories. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Tarhun took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up bow and armor he uses now. He tends to his Courier job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a blue and black robe with the hood down. He is physically well-built. He sports a flattop hair cut. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his feathered blue hat.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He was born into a rich family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Cockaby fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Philantrophist, Optimist, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 2000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (800 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has a long golden ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her skin is flawless and her brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Born to a Knight, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Stylist and was forced into it by her family; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Climber’s kit.