Description: This late middle aged man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane and is in decent physical shape. His white hair is singed and shortened. His green eyes peer out from beneath his top tan hat.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Eldon isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and obtaining odd cultural tabaxi artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Impeccable, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a fancy brown suit. His fur is cut close to his head. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Mayor arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Mayor. After a long history of fighting, Shadow and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Mayor and was forced into it by his family; and to unite with his brother

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 120 gp. Moonstone (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp).

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her golden hair is thinning but still full. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

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 will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. She worked as a nervous Mercenary and found it very stressful. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Mercenary responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Nature, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 800 sp. Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp).

Description: He wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered white stockings, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'1" when asserting himself. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Painter profession.

History: He got into the Merchant business at a young age. Trey 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. Trey 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 became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To be a Painter again; and he is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is a mite stocky and prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His fur is beige, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

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 is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the west. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She carries with her a set of longswords, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She is baby faced.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Tieflings.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Halfling compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a worn and beaten armor. He has wavy blonde hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. 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: Hadarai was born with his mother's beautiful face. 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 south. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 40 pp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (40 gp). 4 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her white hair is smooth and relatively long. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Cartwright who has hired her part-time. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she wants to get laid

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Has a crush, Criminal record. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. Sporting a auburn mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Mortician born in the past three hundred years. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Mortician. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he's in love

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Rich, In love, Has a crush. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 20 gp. Deep blue spinel (300 gp).