Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. This brown eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

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. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. 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 now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Roofer. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. With wild golden hair. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 110 gp. Red garnet (70 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat, and is pretty ugly. He keeps his brown hair in a pixie cut. He wears an eyepatch.

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 is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Kildrak was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Kildrak decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He tends to his Mayor job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He has all his life been fascinated with painting.

History: Namfoodle lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Namfoodle liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Now he works as a painting tutor during his time off.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and doesn't want to be a laborer and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears bulky tan painted plate armor and is in decent physical shape. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 20 pp. Sardonyx (50 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she very much looks the part of a Courier. Her brown hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: This woman loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Courier hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She wears her chestnut hair up. She has gold eyes and a black hat with a violet feather.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Ishte was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She struck the Healer job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Job, Religious. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This eastern man wears silk and lounges about seductively. His clothes are grease stained in places. His brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born to a Armorer, his father struggled to pay the bills. Oppleby was born on a far eastern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Bather. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp).

Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'6" when asserting herself. She has wavy silver hair. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Born in the west to a Spy, Felosial learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She became a Spy soon after.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Family, Job, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 400 gp.