Description: This slender man stands about 5'11". He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His white hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 120 gp. Amethyst (150 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. Through the years after Hoshû was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Hoshû's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Flaws: Antagonistic, Forgetful, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A 3'4" southern woman, she wears an entirely blue suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her red hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Pacifist, Athletic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His long white hair reaches down to his waist. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Dabbledob isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Animal Trainer business.

History: Dabbledob was born the youngest of three triplets. 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. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His brown hair is knotted and matted. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Marshal. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. The war was a terrible time for him, and Nicor does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Marshal work with an outfit from a few towns over. Marshal work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has worked as a Marshal like his mother before him.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job, Military. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 700 pp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.