Description: He is lean but muscular and wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. His dark red hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. Her head has been shaved. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Falkrunn was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the south were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and money/treasure

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She prefers to wear flannel. Her black hair is braided into rings. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is a Engraver first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Engraver arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She is greedy; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'9" when asserting himself. He has brown hair. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has worked as a Barber like his mother before him.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and balancing his hectic life and new barber responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp).

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. She wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants, marred by beers. She has moderate length golden hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Some 9 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Shava never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: In love, Nature. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1900 sp.