Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She keeps her long red hair kept up in a rat tail. Her violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. 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, Maegan is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Maegan was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the east were limited. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 2900 sp. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'1". He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His brown hair is braided into rings. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. 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: Regain custody of his daughter; and doesn't want to be a blacksmith and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears an entirely blue suit with pastel socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Gardener.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 180 pp. Tourmaline (50 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Black opal (700 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a black shirt with thin green vertical stripes and black pants, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears rags and sports a simple walking cane and is in decent physical shape. Her crest is copper and curly. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is a Dilettante first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. A friendly and beautiful Dragonborn, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: Born in the west to a Dilettante, Doudra learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Poor, Job, Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older woman who wears dull green sweaters, loose white pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed rapier, just in case, she is not a threatening figure. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Saphara lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Saphara has worked very hard to control her curse. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1500 gp. Eye agate (10 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Moonstone (30 gp).