Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his spear with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. Roger is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He bought a spear and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 210 gp. Brown-green garnet (50 gp). 7 Acid flasks.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Peren alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac, Impulsive. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 3000 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (70 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (20 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp).

Description: She is renowned for her bright brown dresses and hats. She keeps her long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. A gifted student she started as a Shepherd, but she got bored and became a Sage. She struck the Sage job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 5000 sp. Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Amber (120 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He keeps his long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. He is baby faced.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Thamuz grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Thamuz 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 has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a tan armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down. Her hair is short and silver. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with dancing. She constantly tries to fill her life with dancing. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Breena was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the east were limited. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic, Justice. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her brown hair is still thick. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Spy who has hired her part-time. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She is a Hag in disguise. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Tiefling companion (her 'brother'). She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Slave Trader. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Spy

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 150 pp. Gold music box (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She tends to wear a large black jacket, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'7" when asserting herself. Her blonde hair is wavy and long. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her blue eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Scribe profession.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Through the years after Huru was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Huru's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and balancing her hectic life and new tailor responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her silver hair is matted, messy, and big. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Pyntle embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: Pyntle was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her childhood dream was to be a Glassblower, but she was a colossal failure. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. He carries a battered bow and tarnished flail as well. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Sculptor they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Knight, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1100 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp).