Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His ears are large.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 19000 sp. Eye agate (9 gp). Sard (70 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Malachite (9 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman tends to wear a large tan jacket. Her hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Apothecary. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Slave. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length bronze crest. This gold eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Vrondiss grew up listening to his father's many stories. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Vrondiss fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 2800 sp.

Description: He has a missing right arm. He very much looks the part of a Body Guard. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His first spouse was a Spice Merchant, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 90 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He sports tan clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He is an epitome of beauty. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His skin is flawless and his brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Sailor

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

Possessions: 400 gp. Gold music box (1000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing poetry.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the south were limited. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 8000 sp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He wears a colorful flower in his yellow fur. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born in the east to a Seamstress, Kite learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Cook again; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 130 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She wears her auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Heather speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She got into the Shoemaker business at a young age. She worked as a nervous Shoemaker and found it very stressful. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Impeccable, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 120 gp. A silver and pearl hairclip (60 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has shaved his head bald. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Morkral hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 2800 gp. Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). Black opal (1600 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item.