Description: This man is very fat, and wears a tattered pair of loose violet pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He has moderate length silver hair. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He hates Half-Elves with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Gifted from a young age, Heward studied abroad. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Elven conditions. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion.

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 10000 sp. Gold music box (1000 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (20 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (20 gp).

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears skinny pants and wears a black and brown robe with the hood down. His brass crest is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 40000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 5'3" and wears a worn and beaten armor. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is cut close to his head. His ears are large.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Selfish. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. His silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Dwarf in existence. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 15000 sp. Obsidian (13 gp). Iolite (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat, and she perpetually has her morningstar ready. Her tied-back hair is silver. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Shanairla liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Nature, Military, Slave. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a green tunic with black highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. His brass crest is braided into rings. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is a great chef.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Interpreter work with an outfit from a few towns over. Interpreter work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Interpreter for hire.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Nature, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: Citrine (70 gp). 1 Average lock.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her auburn hair is wavy and long. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She got into the Cook business at a young age. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Cook. Being a Cook kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 100 gp. Deep green spinel (160 gp). 2 Smokesticks. 6 Acid flasks. 1 Alchemist’s fire. 2 Antitoxin.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has a hunchback. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. His eyes are likewise silver. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. Through the years after Qemuel was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Qemuel's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to protect his home

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 800 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (70 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She has moderate length brown hair. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She comes from a rich western family. She found a children's book about a Half-Elf Monk who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Disease, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 30000 cp.