Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has done his best to style his golden hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He works hard and plays hard.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 4000 sp. Blue quartz (7 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he dresses like a well dressed Tanner does, and is pretty ugly. He has no hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to be a crown-heir again

Ideals: Philantrophist, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He stands about 3'2" and is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and yellow handkerchief worn on his left side. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Wiggens was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the north were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 15000 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He likes to wear brown tank tops with violet pants. He wears his chestnut hair down. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Cook. He tends to his Cook job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To be a Shoemaker again.

Ideals: Justice, Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Silver pearl (40 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Tiaathque was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Flaws: Ugly, Greedy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.