Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He usually wears his grey robe and has his flail always slung over his shoulder. His hair is chestnut and very short. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Bookbinder. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and balancing his hectic life and new bookbinder responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has shaved his head bald. His ears are large.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 60 gp. Amber (150 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his sai with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He sports a flattop hair cut. He is baby faced.

Personality: Immeral is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He got into the Stylist business at a young age. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He's in love; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: Standing 6'3", this man is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Clerebold was born the youngest of three triplets. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Debt. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 200 gp. Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Jet (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This malnourished woman is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her brown hair is wavy and long. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Bendoo is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears a brown small hat and brown clothes. She has slicked back silver hair. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Crown-heir arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Crown-heir work with an outfit from a few towns over. Crown-heir work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She struck the Crown-heir job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Bonds: Guardian, Rich, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 130 gp. Sard (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull tan iron scale mail. He is physically well-built. His silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Interpreter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and doesn't want to be a interpreter and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Depressed, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 6000 gp. Jasper (60 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Amber (60 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A 3'5" western woman, she wears tattered old clothes. Her hair is golden and very short. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Half-Elven activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Half-Elven doctor. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Farmer they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Laborer, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older woman who wears long strands of emerald and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, she is not a threatening figure. She has shaved her head bald. Her half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was born in the east. In her 17th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. 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 terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.