Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is typically in his Performer uniform. His white hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Nature, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 50 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he is typically in his Slave Trader uniform. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His ears are large.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Dwarven culture. 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: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Spring 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 Spring. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Slave Trader.

Motivation: Dwarven compassion; and balancing his hectic life and new slave trader responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Job, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright violet and pastel, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She wears a colorful flower in her white hair. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Barrister profession.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has achieved small success as a Server.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Sensitive. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Server

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 3000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her pickaxe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. Her silver hair is heavily combed to the left. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is obsessed with her god.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. She always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted druidic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Religious, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 2700 sp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears skinny pants and wears a tan and grey robe with the hood down. His hair is brown and curly. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Half-Elven compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to half-elven people

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Insane. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

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

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Barber. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing violet cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. His skin is flawless and his amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. 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 a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1500 gp. Hematite (13 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a robe, a symbol of strength around her neck, and a spear on her belt. Her brown hair is heavily combed to the left. This violet eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Chaedi fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 220 pp.