Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Alston isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born in a small island village. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 40 pp. Obsidian (5 gp). 1 Thunderstones.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the north were limited. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 19000 cp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His hair is long and golden with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small white clips. His beard is blonde, braided, and well cared for. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He found a children's book about a Halfling Ranger who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1000 gp. Blue quartz (13 gp). Jade (100 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'0". He wears tattered old clothes. His hair is brown and very short. He has black eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

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: To share knowledge with the world; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Persistence, Justice, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western woman is wearing a long, green cloak. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her dark red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. Her black eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.