Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with yellow lining and desert motifs. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

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 invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: The child of a Mason, who enjoyed hunting, Alex was taken on many hunting expeditions. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 10000 gp. Carnelian (40 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man wears baggy violet pantaloons and a red scarf and is in decent physical shape. His blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. 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: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Elven activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Elven doctor. Some 8 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Erevan never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Elven compassion; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Insane, Racist. Bonds: In love, Military. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 2000 gp. White pearl (160 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Rose (20 gp). Coral (160 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. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has wavy blonde hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Hadwisa enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Hadwisa was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She's also a talented Knight, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and to be a knight again

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Military, Job, Debt. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She is portly but not overly obese. Her brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her ears are large.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Nissa was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 8000 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (170 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (170 gp). A small bag of saffron. (30 gp). A small bag of saffron. (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. Koth is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a sailor again

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Religious, In love, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He is dressed in an above average manner. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Farmer born in the past three hundred years. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Farmer.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1500 pp. Aquamarine (700 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Jade (140 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Jade (140 gp). Amber (140 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp).

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 3'2" and is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She wears her white hair down. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Pennie fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 5000 gp. Peridot (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Jet (60 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Coral (60 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Black opal (1200 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.