Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a brown collared shirt and white pants. He accessorizes with a blue scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He has no hair. His eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Darrak was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. While he appears to be a normal Dwarf, 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; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 4000 gp. Rock crystal (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Jet (90 gp).

Description: She has a missing right leg. She wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. Her black hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

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 pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 400 gp. Aquamarine (200 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned female wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

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 has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Through the years after Gaaki was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Gaaki's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 700 pp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1500 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (60 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with green colored cloaks and clothing. His crest is cut close to his head. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing dancing.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has moderate length golden hair. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Revenge; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 90 pp. Red garnet (70 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is wearing a long, black cloak, and is pretty ugly. Her black hair is thinning but still full. 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 is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Soapmaker arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Debt. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 16000 cp.

Description: 3'4" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. She keeps her golden hair in a flapper bob. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Quilla was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she is greedy

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: Standing 6'8", this woman is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She has wavy gold crest. Her eyes are likewise red.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She worked as a nervous Bookbinder and found it very stressful. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature longsword.

Motivation: She wants revenge against orcs; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a worn and beaten armor. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Nim is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Through the years after Nim was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Nim's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 800 gp.