Description: He tends to wear a large black jacket. His copper crest is knotted and matted. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his dancing with anyone who is interested.

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. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Silver ewer (20 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1900 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His red hair is singed and shortened. This amber eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born in the south. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 9000 gp. A delicate brass dragon egg (40 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (40 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. He is portly but not overly obese. With bright white hair and a scraggly beard. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Engraver. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, giants burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying west to reunite his family. Some 5 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Taklinn never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and an old rival family wants him found

Bonds: Job, In love, Immigrant, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 7000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (60 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (30 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (30 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of strength around her neck, and a longsword on her belt, and carries longswords. She has brown hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Dwarven culture. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She was born in the north. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 5000 gp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 5'11" and muscular, this eastern woman very much looks the part of a Spice Merchant. Sporting a red mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Philantrophist. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 200 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (40 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (700 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (130 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy silver hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Soveliss 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. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a old dungeon. He would wander through that old dungeon 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 forest due to the painful memories there. Soveliss took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up rapier and armor he uses now. After a long history of fighting, Soveliss and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Nature, Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 500 pp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold and ruby ring (11000 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (80 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. Her fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 9000 gp. Azurite (10 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Black opal (400 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp). Blue sapphire (400 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Sard (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.