Description: He wears professional attire, and carries tridents. His white hair is braided into rings. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is a Cook first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Born in the south to a Cook, Melech learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Melech 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. Melech 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 has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright pastel and red, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His fur is red and curly. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears an entirely tan suit with violet socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her chestnut hair is singed and shortened. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Yebe isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her father 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: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she is greedy

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Peridot (70 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She wears a colorful flower in her red hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: 4'11" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He keeps his long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. Geoffrey is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Geoffrey was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Geoffrey took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up scimitar and armor he uses now. He bought a scimitar and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 140 gp. Amethyst (80 gp). 1 Silk rope.

Description: This late middle aged man sports tan clothing, slightly heavier than average wear and is in decent physical shape. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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: He feels kind of lost in life; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Cynical, Secretive, Depressed. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She has golden hair. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Dee embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Through the years after Dee was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Dee's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She struck the Fisher job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Military. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 170 gp. Alexandrite (600 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His black hair is still thick. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Nim was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Nim has worked very hard to control his curse. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft violet waves gently in the breeze. Her crest is black and curly. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Immigrant. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield. 1 Masterwork studded leather.