Description: This malnourished woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She has wavy red crest. Her half smiles and red eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. After coming to the age of reason, Farideh took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She tends to wear a white poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her red hair is well kept. Her ears are large.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Dwarven companion (her 'brother'). She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 2 Thunderstones.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Jabbie isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Bricklayer profession.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: 3'1" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull black iron scale mail. Her silver hair is lengthy. Her eyes are green.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she feels threatened by others

Flaws: Disease, Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her hair is golden and very short. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Xanaphia lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Professionalism, Extrovert, Persistence. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with violet colored cloaks and clothing. His chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. 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 happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Weaver arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He's also a talented Miller, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp).

Description: He wears just a yellow suit. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Sporting a black mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Raer was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Raer has worked very hard to control his curse. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 10000 cp. Hematite (13 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). 1 Breastplate. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her white hair is heavily combed to the left. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gold.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. The war was a terrible time for her, and Bryseis does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born into a rich family. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she is greedy

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 200 gp. Alexandrite (300 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Black pearl (300 gp).

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his trident with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and he perpetually has his trident ready. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: He hates drow. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Through the years after Cimer was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Cimer's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Military. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 20000 sp. Citrine (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp).