Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He usually wears his green robe and has his pickaxe always slung over his shoulder. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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 harsh and unforgiving.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Religious. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: 6'1" and muscular, this southern woman is dressed in earthy colors with a white and grey handkerchief worn on her right side. She has wavy golden hair. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: The child of a Ploughman, who enjoyed hunting, Brakka was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her father worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled father and took her father's old job. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Ploughman they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Interpreter, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1000 sp. Solid gold idol (800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is dressed in earthy colors with a black and blue handkerchief worn on his left side. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Therai 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 Therai. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

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

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears pastel leather gloves, a pastel jacket, and tight pants. He keeps his long brown fur kept up in a rat tail. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: Gale was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Aristocrat, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Aristocrat in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears tan robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a bow, but if one is not available she will default to her flail. Her chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has green eyes and a tan hat with a violet feather.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was born into a rich family. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Gnomish companion (her 'brother'). She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears suspenders and blue workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. His blonde hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, gnolls burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the east, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying east to reunite his family. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he wants revenge against gnolls

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 400 gp. A small bag of saffron. (30 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a tan tunic with red highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around her shoes. She wears her chestnut hair down. Her skin is flawless and her green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. She found a children's book about a Gnome Bard who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Immigrant, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

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

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has no crest. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. Being a Shipwright kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she is greedy

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 190 gp.