Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Jade (60 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). Blue sapphire (400 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He wears his black hair down. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Enialis was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Stableman. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Stableman for hire.

Motivation: To be a Painter again; and balancing his hectic life and new stableman responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 10000 cp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Banded agate (6 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy white hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Being a Sage 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's repulsed by the PC; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Sensitive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged woman typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor and is in decent physical shape. She keeps her red hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Gnomish activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Gnomish doctor. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Artistic, Athletic. Flaws: Racist, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 400 gp. Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is lean but muscular and is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her red hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are likewise red. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her childhood dream was to be a Carpenter, but she was a colossal failure. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she wants revenge against brigands

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 4000 gp. Carnelian (30 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a brown collared shirt and grey skirt. She accessorizes with a green scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her auburn hair is long and unkept. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her top brown hat.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. To her fellows she 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: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Slave, Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1400 gp.