Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. His hair is red and very short. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is a great chef.

History: He was born in the south. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1200 pp. Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Star ruby (1000 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Coral (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Jet (70 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 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: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Berrian hails from a village terrorized by goblins. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Gifted, Professionalism. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 6000 gp. Coral (150 gp). White opal (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. Her skin is light but she possesses many violet ritualistic tattoos. She wears a blue vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her violet leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her blue boots flare out at the collars. Her chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Panana lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Hematite (12 gp).

Description: This malnourished man wears a black shirt with thin green vertical stripes and grey pants. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Ar-Pratu is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 north. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family, Military. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 16000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (160 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. This amber eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 10000 gp. Eye agate (11 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Zircon (80 gp).

Description: She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame, and carries bastard swords. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length black hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

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. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Gnomish activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Gnomish doctor. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 800 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She tends to wear a yellow poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She carries a battered ceremonial dagger and tarnished quarterstaff as well. Her blonde hair is heavily combed to the left. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Helen is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: She is greedy; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.