Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are white and he is always smoking a pipe.

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. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Dyer profession.

History: Gifted from a young age, Cressel studied abroad. 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 has achieved small success as a Sailor.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and revenge

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears long strands of sapphire and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Pallabar's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. A true patriot, Pallabar would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he is greedy

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 300 gp. Jade (150 gp).

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has shaved his head bald. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Hedonist, PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1400 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: This woman loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She worked as a nervous Roofer and found it very stressful. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 370 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: He comes from a rich western family. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. He has a hunchback. His blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

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. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Barber and was forced into it by his family; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A 3'6" western man, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: Erky was born the youngest of three triplets. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 6000 cp. Iolite (30 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

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. Nicholas enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He found a children's book about a Human 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. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 110 gp. Peridot (60 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, and he perpetually has his nunchaku ready. His hair is cut close to his head. He is baby faced.

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. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 800 sp.