Description: This malnourished man tends to wear a large tan jacket. He has wavy brown hair. He has violet eyes and a tan hat with a green feather.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Tanner. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Religious, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 140 gp. Iolite (60 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He keeps his beige fur in a pixie cut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Spring was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Military, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 12000 cp. Hematite (6 gp).

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a green shirt with thin white vertical stripes and violet pants. Her hair is dark red and very short. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the west. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: Lapis lazuli (14 gp). 1 Good lock.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. She wears bulky blue painted plate armor, marred by sweets. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Lia was born on a far southern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Marshal. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to be a bounty hunter again

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 700 sp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (150 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with brown colored cloaks and clothing. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length white hair. His skin is flawless and his gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: An older man who sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, he is not a threatening figure. His golden hair is thinning but still full. He has amber eyes and a blue hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born in the west. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Sensitive, Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. Citrine (80 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp).

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has wavy red crest. His skin is flawless and his gold eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is wearing a long, black cloak. He sports a flattop hair cut. His gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Dyer. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He dresses like a well dressed Fortune-teller does. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length golden hair. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Berrian hails from a village terrorized by illithids. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Fortune-teller responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 400 gp.