Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a tan shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and red pants. His auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Zaffrab's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Gifted from a young age, Zaffrab studied abroad. He found a children's book about a Gnome Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: She stands about 6'0" and dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with brown slacks. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His blue crest is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are red and beady.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Mehen hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Bookbinder and was forced into it by his family.

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears brown trousers with grey and brown striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He wears his orange fur down. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Interpreter born in the past three hundred years. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. 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 now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. The war was a terrible time for him, and Rurik does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Dilettante father left him crippled. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Depressed, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 70 gp. Golden pearl (160 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He keeps his long bronze crest kept up in a rat tail. His red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Gorbundus was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has worked as a Navigator like his mother before him.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing his hectic life and new navigator responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: She wears a brown collared shirt and red skirt. She accessorizes with a violet scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She carries a battered halberd and tarnished sickle as well. Her chestnut hair is braided into rings. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was born in a small island village. Bardryn was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Bardryn decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 4'10" and wears a simple tan robe with black stripes complete with hood. Her blonde hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. Her green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Dwarven companion (her 'brother'). She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has shaved his head bald. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Zunn was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Extrovert. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 70 gp.