Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He is physically well-built. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. He is baby faced.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: The child of a Baker, who enjoyed hunting, Riardon was taken on many hunting expeditions. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 5 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Riardon never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, In love. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools. 1 Silk rope.

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He is portly but not overly obese. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Tailor arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many orcs want him driven away

Ideals: Disciplined, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Red garnet (100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His white hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born to a Slave Trader, his father struggled to pay the bills. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nim fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 2400 sp.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears a brown feathered hat and brown clothes. Her hair is golden and very short. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She was born in the west. She always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Religious. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a grey shirt, with a red mid length skirt with red tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her white hair is matted, messy, and big. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Jeweler but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Professionalism, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Ishgha is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. Ishgha was born on a far western desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Bricklayer. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a tan vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her tan boots flare out at the collars. She has slicked back blonde hair. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She is greedy; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 400 gp.