Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. He keeps his long copper crest kept up in a rat tail. His red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Navigator. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Navigator. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Navigator.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Smoky quartz (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Jade (120 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Rose (40 gp). Jet (120 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Blue star sapphire (500 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'2" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He very much looks the part of a Spice Merchant. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are green.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Recently the stress of being a Spice Merchant has made it difficult for him to sleep.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and balancing his hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 5000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears suspenders and black workpants. Her shirt is tan, and she wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. Her blue hair is knotted and matted. She has gold eyes.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a ruined castle. She would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Shax took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up shortbow and armor she uses now. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 800 pp. Zircon (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Fire opal (500 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her red hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Grigi was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. 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. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Disciplined, Logical, Persistence. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (140 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (140 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. She keeps her long brown fur kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: This woman loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of drow once and for all.

History: She was born in a small island village. In her 13th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: She wants revenge against drow; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 10000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Sard (40 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Moss agate (12 gp).

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of luck around his neck, and a axe on his belt. His hair is auburn, silky, and of moderate length. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is mildly Gnome supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 13000 gp. Coral (100 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Rose (20 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a grey vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her violet leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her grey boots flare out at the collars. She has shaved her head bald. This amber eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.