Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His black crest is smooth and relatively long. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: The child of a Shipwright, who enjoyed hunting, Ghesh was taken on many hunting expeditions. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a old dungeon. He would wander through that old dungeon 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 desert due to the painful memories there. Ghesh took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up sai and armor he uses now. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1300 sp. 1 Average lock. 1 Silk rope. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Ernest was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Map Maker for the past few years.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Slave, Mentor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears suspenders and blue workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. His long chestnut hair reaches down to his waist. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Secretive, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'5". He wears a simple white robe with tan stripes complete with hood. His hair is blonde and curly. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Dharg hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his singing career. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Artistic, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 6000 cp. Obsidian (6 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is dressed in an above average manner. Her white hair is wavy and long. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Salanop isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. 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 always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 90 gp.