Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Gimgen lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 60 gp. Peridot (60 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Jasper (60 gp).

Description: She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her hair is red and curly. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She tends to her Spice Merchant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and balancing her hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Job, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 10 pp. Red spinel (110 gp).

Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She carries with her a set of sais, each one with a jet on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She has moderate length chestnut hair. This amber eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To protect her home.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Guardian, Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 800 sp.

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. She sports chestnut long hair. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. Siffress 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: Siffress lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Junk Dealer they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Soapmaker, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and doesn't want to be a soapmaker and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 330 gp. Rose (40 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp).

Description: He stands about 6'1" and wears a green vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his green boots flare out at the collars. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He has wavy white hair. He has gleaming, smiling silver eyes.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. A freak accident while working with his Layabout father left him crippled. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears a tan tunic with black highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her head has been shaved. She is baby faced.

Personality: She hates giants. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Born in the east to a Barkeep, Cumpen learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the east were limited. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Revenge; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Criminal record, Job, Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her hand crossbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Shautha has worked very hard to control her curse. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 3000 cp. Citrine (20 gp).

Description: This eastern woman has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her white robe. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady black eyes.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the east were limited. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Solid gold idol (500 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull tan iron scale mail. He is physically well-built. His green crest, when down, is lengthy. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gold eyes.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He was taken from his home at a very young age. After a long history of fighting, Adrex and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and many giants want him driven away

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Buckler.