Description: He wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered red stockings. He carries a battered ceremonial dagger and tarnished pickaxe as well. He has black hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Taklinn was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 300 pp. Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (40 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has dyed his greying gray fur a little too much giving a sharp gray color. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born into a rich family. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. Her skin is light but she possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born in the north to a Beggar, Meena learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Beggar work with an outfit from a few towns over. Beggar work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak. Her hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. Her silver eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has done her best to style her black hair to look like a famous performer. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Dwarven culture. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She comes from a rich western family. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. Being a Jeweler kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'10" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears dull black sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed dagger, just in case. She wears a colorful flower in her white hair. Her eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes drow are coming to abduct people. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Born to a Interpreter, her mother struggled to pay the bills. At some point she was captured by drow and was tortured. After several years of this she finally managed to escape. She became a Layabout soon after.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 4'11" and wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Shoemaker. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: Rael lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). In the meantime he has taken over work as a Shoemaker and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Shoemaker responsibilities is difficult.

Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Job, Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 4000 cp. Alexandrite (600 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). 1 Smokesticks. 3 Holy water.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His hair is chestnut and curly. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Priest arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and money/treasure

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Mentor, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 7000 sp. Jasper (70 gp). Coral (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She has done her best to style her yellow fur to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are likewise copper. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She is a great chef.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Military, Slave. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 30 pp.