Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, and he perpetually has his shortspear ready. With a patchy auburn beard and wild auburn hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Varis abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (40 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears silk and lounges about seductively. His hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 900 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her scythe with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has slicked back brown hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

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. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Cook

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 5000 sp. Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Blue star sapphire (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern man prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts. His clothes are grease stained in places. His crest is short and scarlet. His eyes are a pleasant red.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Kiirith was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. Through the years after Kiirith was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Kiirith's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He became a Tailor soon after.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light grey in addition to tight pants. Her tied-back hair is red. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 west. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This woman wears long strands of amethyst and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on her left hand. Her tied-back hair is black. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Grigi will drive conversation. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Grigi was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. In her 18th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Grigi alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it; and she wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 25000 cp. Malachite (16 gp). Citrine (20 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Passionate. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.