Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a blue armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. 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, Qualen is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Qualen lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, 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 has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: This man prefers to wear flannel, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His blonde hair is still thick. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his top yellow hat.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Theobald's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is an amazing painter.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Theobald was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a white tunic with red highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around her shoes. She carries with her a set of kukris, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She has no hair. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her feathered white hat.

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 keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Callie fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1000 pp. White opal (800 gp). Emerald (800 gp).

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He hates goblins. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. The war was a terrible time for him, and Cimer does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He worked as a nervous Farmer and found it very stressful. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he wants revenge against goblins

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Iolite (80 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears professional attire. His auburn hair is lengthy. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears long strands of aquamarine and short tan dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Cynical, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Malachite (15 gp).

Description: He wears long strands of emerald and short violet dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His chestnut hair is lengthy. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Mayor arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Flaws: Secretive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 230 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 5'0" and wears suspenders and blue workpants. Her shirt is tan, and she wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. Her hair is chestnut and very short. Her ears are large.

Personality: She hates Elves with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: Arara 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. Arara was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Arara decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Dragonborn, and stands approximately 6'2". He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman, and his gloved hand is found clutching a spear. His white crest is matted, messy, and big. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. 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.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 12000 gp. Aquamarine (1600 gp). Rose (70 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Amber (130 gp). Jet (130 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Fire opal (400 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Iolite (70 gp). White opal (400 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Amber (130 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Sard (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.