Description: A moderately attractive man, he prefers to wear grey pants and tee shirts. His hair is golden and very short. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Carpenter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. Being a Carpenter 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: A rival would like him out of the picture; and 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

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he prefers to wear red clothing when he does not wear armor. He wears his brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Silvo hails from a village terrorized by giants. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Brewer. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies, Has a crush, Debt. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Rock crystal (70 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears dull blue sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed scimitar, just in case. His chestnut hair is braided into rings. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Berrian hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his singing career. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Gifted from a young age, Berrian studied abroad. His father worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled father and took his father's old job. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Family, Debt. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: Deep green spinel (90 gp).

Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears baggy blue pantaloons and a pastel scarf. Her chestnut hair is wavy and long. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. In her 18th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Cumpen alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 700 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She sports a flattop fur cut. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Silent was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older woman who wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered green stockings, she is not a threatening figure. Sporting a brown mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing singing.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the north. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His hair is brown and very short. His ears are large.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He comes from a rich western family. After coming to the age of reason, Rangrim took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 3000 sp. Bloodstone (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears professional attire. He has silver hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Traki was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Gnomish activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Gnomish doctor. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Animal Trainer for the past few years.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and to be a banker again

Flaws: Shy, Addict, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 15000 cp. 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, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'4" when asserting herself. Her brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ridaro fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Gifted, Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 100 pp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (50 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).