Description: He is lean but muscular and tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the north were limited. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 6000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Alexandrite (1200 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: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is well dressed, constantly wearing a tan suit, green shirt, and brown tie. His hair is cut close to his head. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1800 pp. Iolite (70 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). 1 Major magic item.

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. With wild brown hair. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the north were limited. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 500 pp. Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (100 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Glassblower. His gray fur has been sun bleached extensively. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

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 has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 6000 gp.

Description: He wears red leather gloves, a red jacket, and tight pants. He wears his auburn hair up. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is a Bather first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Curran was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. 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 has worked as a Bather like his mother before him.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Job, Religious, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 5000 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (4000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (100 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp).

Description: An older man who is wearing a long, green cloak, he is not a threatening figure. His purple hair is long and unkept. His gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He uses divination through singing.

History: The child of a Carpenter, who enjoyed hunting, Mantus was taken on many hunting expeditions. A gifted student he started as a Carpenter, but he got bored and became a Bather. He's also a talented Carpenter, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Job, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 8000 gp. Rich purple corundum (700 gp). Carnelian (80 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: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears bulky tan painted plate armor. She wears her brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. A gifted student she started as a Marshal, but she got bored and became a Dilettante. She has worked as a Dilettante like her mother before her.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 2700 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (10 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2700 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2700 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (10 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2700 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (10 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.