Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His golden hair is still thick. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He prefers to wear flannel. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. He has hazel eyes and a blue hat with a red feather.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Eldon liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He struck the Spice Merchant job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand his business

Flaws: Racist, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 800 pp. Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, 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 has shaved her head bald. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her top grey hat.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the south. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Revenge; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Born in the south to a Bounty Hunter, Nedda learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She struck the Bounty Hunter job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her brown fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She hates brigands. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Dilettante.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and to settle down with her crush

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Poor, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 30 pp. Jet (80 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light tan in addition to tight pants. His black hair is still thick. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has taken up work as a Performer and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and to be a fisher again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job, Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Elves. His skin is dark but he possesses many blue ritualistic tattoos. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has no hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. 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: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Erdan fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 500 sp. Onyx (50 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). White pearl (130 gp).

Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of strength around her neck, and a axe on her belt. She carries with her a set of axes on her belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. Her hair is chestnut and very short. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Ilga hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a tan costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: Heian speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Heian was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 400 gp.