Description: He wears a simple green robe with tan stripes complete with hood. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. 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: Nicor hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Expand his business; and many gnolls want him driven away

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies, Rich, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 2000 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and prefers to wear yellow pants and tee shirts. He has wavy blonde hair. He has gray eyes.

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

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the east. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Gerard took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up sword and armor he uses now. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her orange fur is greasy and uncared for. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady copper eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 500 gp. Gold music box (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: This man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Carpenter. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Carpenter. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to be a hunter again

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

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

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'2" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a pastel coat. His yellow fur, when down, is lengthy. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Insane, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 4000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (100 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he prefers to wear tan clothing when he does not wear armor. His long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Being a Bounty Hunter 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 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.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 400 gp. 4 Thunderstones. 1 Antitoxin. 1 Alchemist’s fire. 1 Antitoxin.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His green eyes peer out from beneath his small brown hat.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Balimaar was born on a far eastern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Seamstress. 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 wants to meet his childhood hero; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 900 gp. Red-brown spinel (160 gp).

Description: He wears a tan costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his lance, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. His tied-back hair is chestnut. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.