Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. His skin is dark but he possesses many tan ritualistic tattoos. 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 golden hair is still thick. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born in the east. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. Being a Beggar kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 10 pp. White pearl (50 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Azurite (14 gp). 1 Disguise kit. 1 Masterwork manacles. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. Her head has been shaved. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Navigator arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 400 gp. Aquamarine (1400 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp).

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears baggy blue pantaloons and a brown scarf. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a tan costume with the symbols of death on her torso. She has dyed her greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Faral is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Faral was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Crown-heir. She's also a talented Roofer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: A deep hatred of goblins; and expand her business

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she prefers to wear flannel. Her auburn hair is cut short. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 13000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'9" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has moderate length gray fur. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing poetry.

History: Right-Handed was born with her mother's beautiful face. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her fur, while still mostly lavender, has prominent grey streaks. She has a dull look in her yellow eyes.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She got into the Ploughman business at a young age. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature flail.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and many gnolls want her driven away

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1200 sp.