Description: This late middle aged man likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather and is in decent physical shape. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. A true patriot, Gunter would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Laborer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and a deep hatred of brigands

Flaws: Emotional, Ugly. Bonds: Military, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 90 pp. Deep green spinel (40 gp). Red garnet (40 gp).

Description: He is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. He is portly but not overly obese. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. His half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born to a Guard, his father struggled to pay the bills. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He tends to his Sellsword job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion; and to be a guard again

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 700 gp. Peridot (30 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with yellow colored cloaks and clothing. He has moderate length auburn hair. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. A true patriot, Lucan would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His parents enrolled him in a Commoner school at a young age so that he could practice his divine talents. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Smoky quartz (60 gp). White opal (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She has slicked back brown hair. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Vaina grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Vaina. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He wears his dark red hair up. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 11000 cp. Amber (140 gp). Amber (140 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during and is in decent physical shape. Her hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. 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: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the west. While she appears to be a normal Elf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

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: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She wears a mask on her face.

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

History: She comes from a rich western family. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 4'11" and muscular, this eastern woman wears suspenders and pastel workpants. Her shirt is blue, and she wears a heavy pastel leather apron most of the time. Her red fur is lengthy. 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 has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Bookbinder who has hired her part-time. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Has a crush, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 700 gp. Blue quartz (4 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Blue sapphire (1400 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, and is pretty ugly. His chestnut hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. His parents were killed by orcs in a raid when he was still a young child. The orcs captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 200 gp.