Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. His black eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. A freak accident while working with his Shepherd father left him crippled. He tends to his Guard job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and many giants want him driven away

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 10000 gp. Eye agate (5 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Blue star sapphire (1200 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears tattered old clothes. His black crest is unkempt and raggedy. His gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born to a Tailor, his father struggled to pay the bills. A freak accident while working with his Tailor father left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and many brigands want him driven away

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Secretive, Selfish. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 5000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (600 gp). A small bag of saffron. (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a red vest and prefers white and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has wavy red hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Bertram was born on a far eastern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Mason. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to protect his home

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 900 pp. Jasper (70 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Coral (140 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a blue costume with the symbols of her god on her torso. Her hair is long and auburn with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small blue clips. Her ears are large.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Abalaba isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was born into a rich family. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 500 pp. Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Red spinel (100 gp).

Description: She stands about 4'7" and wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Ahinar lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She 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. In the meantime she has taken over work as a Layabout and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she's attracted to the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 500 pp. Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Jet (100 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). White opal (1400 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears suspenders and grey workpants. His shirt is red, and he wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. He has wavy blonde hair. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His childhood dream was to be a Stylist, but he was a colossal failure. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 7000 gp. Aquamarine (500 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). Onyx (40 gp).

Description: A 5'8" southern man, he has the majority of his body covered in plate. He has a brown handlebar mustache and slicked back brown hair. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Animal Trainer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 10000 gp. Violet garnet (1100 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Emerald (900 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Amber (160 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.