Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears just a blue suit. His silver hair is braided into rings. His ears are large.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. 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: Gerbo hails from a village terrorized by orcs. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Artistic, Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 4000 sp. Blue sapphire (1600 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He 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, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'0" when asserting himself. His hair is short and silver. He has gold eyes and a green hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Crown-heir. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He got into the Crown-heir business at a young age. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 2000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His head has been shaved. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. Some 5 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Gruk never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Pacifist, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 90 gp. Jet (130 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She dresses like a well dressed Ruler does. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly scimitars and bastard swords. She has styled her silver hair well, parting it to the right. She is baby faced.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Nemeia will drive conversation. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: To be a Adventurer again.

Ideals: Extrovert, Opinionated. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 900 gp. Obsidian (15 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Blue star sapphire (1500 gp). Sard (60 gp).

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull tan iron scale mail. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His auburn hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

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. A freak accident while working with his Assassin father left him crippled. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a black coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head and is in decent physical shape. His dark red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His black eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Damakos was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Damakos decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is dressed in an above average manner. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 68. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. 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: He is a Maurezhi in disguise. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 140 gp. Tourmaline (100 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering her clean studded leather. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly sais and sickles. She has blonde hair. This blue eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by orcs. Tervaround was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Bonds: Criminal record, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 600 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Rose (60 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Peridot (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He dresses like a well dressed Ploughman does. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are white.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Balam 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 Balam. He's also a talented Spice Merchant, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. Iolite (40 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp).