Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a yellow shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and grey pants. His white hair is still thick. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was born in the west. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the west were limited. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 40000 cp. Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 3'11" and is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, blue shirt, and black tie. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around his ears. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Through the years after Vondal was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Vondal's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 600 gp. Blue sapphire (1300 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 3'0". He tends to wear a large white jacket, and his gloved hand is found clutching a mace. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker white hat.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 16000 cp. 2 Acid flasks.

Description: This eastern man wears dull tan sweaters, loose blue pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed pickaxe, just in case. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy golden hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Alston was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the east were limited. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Secretive, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 42000 sp.

Description: This eastern man has the majority of his body covered in plate. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears his black hair down. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. Glim was born on a far eastern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Spy. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1000 gp. Jasper (30 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Rose (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp).