Description: This woman is very fat, and wears tan trousers with black and green striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She wears her blonde hair down. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Gnomish companion (her 'brother'). She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and she is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His white hair is long and unkept. His ears are large.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Bookbinder hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing writing.

History: Balifra was born with her mother's beautiful face. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1100 gp. Jade (40 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears brown trousers with white and green striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His black fur is thinning but still full. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

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. His druidic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: A roughly beaten golden orb (70 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around his ears. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist, Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1600 gp.