Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with red lining and desert motifs. He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. 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 now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Selfish. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 7000 sp. Jet (40 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born in the west to a Locksmith, Wrenn learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Locksmith. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Opinionated, Impeccable. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a red vest and prefers grey and brown shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her hair is blonde and curly. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Bella was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. After a long history of fighting, Bella and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her white hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes are silver and beady.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is a great chef.

History: Born in the south to a Seamstress, Ishte learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is content; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and black handkerchief worn on his right side. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His brown hair is knotted and matted. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Sindri was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His childhood dream was to be a Merchant, but he was a colossal failure. He has worked as a Spice Merchant like his father before him.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

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

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing pastel cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'11" when asserting herself. Her white fur has been sun bleached extensively. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: She was born into a rich family. She moved out west to avoid the crime she committed. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1300 gp. Fire opal (500 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears long strands of opal and short tan dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She wears her black hair down. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 3'6". She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her brown hair is long and unkept. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the south were limited. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with brown colored cloaks and clothing. Her hair is short and blonde. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Ugly. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 3200 sp.