Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a blue tunic with white highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has styled his auburn hair well, parting it to the left. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Aerdeth was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

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

Flaws: Shy, Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Military, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 8000 gp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively, and she perpetually has her axe ready. Her blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Through the years after Syllin was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Syllin's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Syllin was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 800 pp. A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (20 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2900 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Pallabar embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Pallabar was born with his mother's beautiful face. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1100 pp. Jet (90 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Jet (90 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Rose (80 gp). Sard (80 gp). Amber (90 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Jade (90 gp). Red spinel (90 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a violet costume with the symbols of death on his torso. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He uses divination through singing.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Sensitive, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Zircon (20 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Fire opal (500 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She wears a colorful flower in her brown hair. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Healer. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1100 pp. Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Amber (150 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. His brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Uraim hails from a village terrorized by orcs. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 8000 gp. Blue quartz (10 gp). Jade (80 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Sard (20 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). Rose (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Azurite (10 gp).

Description: 3'1" and muscular, this western woman is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She wears her silver hair down. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: She is a Merchant first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Gifted from a young age, Bimpnottin studied abroad. In her 18th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Bimpnottin alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She's also a talented Apothecary, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Merchant responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 6000 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (120 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (120 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item.