Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a black armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down. She has blue hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a blue coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon his head. He wears his silver hair up. His ears are large.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

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

Possessions: 800 sp. Golden pearl (90 gp).

Description: He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light red in addition to tight pants. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly scythes and quarterstaffs. He wears his brown hair down. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Gildmak was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He very much looks the part of a Performer. He wears his chestnut hair up. His silver unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Tethren will drive conversation. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Performer but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Performer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Performer work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Performer.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Extrovert, Pacifist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: 6'2" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her silver hair is well kept. Her skin is flawless and her brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Born in the east to a Armorer, Gynk learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has worked as a Armorer like her father before her.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is her passion; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Pacifist, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Healer’s kit.

Description: A 5'3" western man, 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. He has violet eyes.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. 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: The child of a Laborer, who enjoyed hunting, Richard was taken on many hunting expeditions. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and revenge

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Rich, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He has a brown handlebar mustache and slicked back brown hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Carpenter born in the past three hundred years. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Tharivol was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: Deep blue spinel (200 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she tends to wear a grey poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her golden hair is unkempt and raggedy. She is baby faced.

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. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. In her 12th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 400 sp. Silver pearl (40 gp). Moonstone (40 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 180 gp. 1 Superior lock.