Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He prefers to wear flannel. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: Norkruuth speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 7000 sp. Jade (130 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp).

Description: This malnourished man wears a blue coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon his head. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length white hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born in the south. Hadarai was born on a far southern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Glassblower. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: 5'4" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears bulky brown painted plate armor. He wears his golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 240 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, William was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. William fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Ugly. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 200 gp. Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears tan trousers with white and brown striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born to a Marshal, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing his hectic life and new bricklayer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Job, Poor. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She carries with her a set of rapiers on her belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. She has a long red ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Panana isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: Born in the north to a Shepherd, Panana learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to be a detective again

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 350 gp. Rhodochrosite (10 gp).

Description: He wears professional attire. He wears a colorful flower in his white fur. He has gleaming, smiling yellow eyes.

Personality: Sun speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Sun hails from a village terrorized by illithids. 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. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Sun was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Iolite (80 gp).