Description: This late middle aged man usually wears his black robe and has his kukri always slung over his shoulder and is in decent physical shape. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Shedinn abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 210 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 3'4". He wears a white shirt, with a black mid length shorts with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them, and his gloved hand is found clutching a flail. His chestnut hair is still thick. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Watson was born the youngest of three triplets. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: Standing 3'0", this woman wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a blue coat. She keeps her silver hair in a pixie cut. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Unvera was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 150 pp. Black pearl (300 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). White opal (1200 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Azurite (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. Her skin is dark but she possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She wears her brown hair down. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Breena grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Breena. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: She is content; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 60 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She tends to wear a black poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. Her red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Astaro was born on a far southern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Assassin. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and revenge

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 600 sp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). 1 Banded mail.