Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a fancy brown suit. He has a very tight haircut. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Engraver business.

History: Nalral was born with his father's beautiful face. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Opinionated, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 60 gp. Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp).

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. 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 sports a flattop fur cut. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Religious, Military. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 3000 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His red fur, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A gifted student he started as a Stylist, but he got bored and became a Crown-heir. He struck the Crown-heir job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 3000 sp. Rock crystal (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Hematite (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Performer. During her travels, Sumnes and her party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Sumnes discovered the rest of her party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Sumnes fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing her own horrible transformation.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 700 gp. Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). Sard (30 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). Black opal (1400 gp). Zircon (30 gp).

Description: She is wearing a long, black cloak, and carries daggers. She has done her best to style her copper crest to look like a famous performer. Her red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Korinn is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Human companion (her 'brother'). She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: 5'11" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his nunchaku with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Stableman profession.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He's also a talented Stableman, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he is greedy

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 400 gp. White pearl (60 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp).

Description: He wears a brown collared shirt and green pants. He accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He is physically well-built. He has a chestnut handlebar mustache and slicked back chestnut hair. His skin is flawless and his violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Veit 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. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Mayor arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 70000 cp. Citrine (20 gp). Coral (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears just a tan suit. He has a chestnut handlebar mustache and slicked back chestnut hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He's in love; and elven compassion

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Military, Has a crush. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 10000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: This woman loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Sora was born the youngest of three triplets. Her first spouse was a Butcher, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. Some 2 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Sora never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Family, In love. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 200 pp. Amethyst (130 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Amber (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.