Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has a chestnut handlebar mustache and slicked back chestnut hair. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. His childhood dream was to be a Slave Trader, but he was a colossal failure. 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: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 2700 gp. Zircon (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She has a hunchback. She has slicked back black hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: She was born in a small forest village. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman prefers to wear blue clothing when she does not wear armor. She keeps her blonde hair in a flapper bob. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Xanaphia hails from a village terrorized by giants. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Greedy. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies, In love. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: This man wears a grey costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His white hair is singed and shortened. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. Veit is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Banker for hire.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she very much looks the part of a Seamstress. Her long golden hair reaches down to her waist. She is baby faced.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Roywyn embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was born in the west. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Elven activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Elven doctor. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Seamstress.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is her passion.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 80 gp. Solid gold idol (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.