Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His chestnut hair is cut short. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Resh speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born to a Merchant, his mother struggled to pay the bills. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man usually wears his blue robe and has his crossbow always slung over his shoulder. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His auburn hair is long and unkept. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful, Insane. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. Eye agate (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

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.