Description: This man wears an entirely green suit with black socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his right hand. He wears his purple hair up. His eyes are white and beady.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Zephan abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is wearing a long, red, dusty cloak. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He found a children's book about a Halfling 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. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion; and he's in love

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: He tends to wear a green poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He is portly but not overly obese. His black crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Roofer born in the past three hundred years. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). He tends to his Roofer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His hair is silver and curly. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Gimgen grew up listening to his mother's many stories. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. He came across an abandoned tomb where he found a relic that called out to him. After picking it up he was cursed by unlife.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her chestnut hair is singed and shortened. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 240 gp.

Description: This man is dressed in a clean violet cloak covering his clean studded leather. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has styled his brown hair well, parting it to the left. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He got into the Merchant business at a young age. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He struck the Merchant job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is greedy; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Joker, Athletic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears baggy red pantaloons and a grey scarf. Her red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Gifted from a young age, Anne studied abroad. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Blacksmith. She tends to her Blacksmith job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and doesn't want to be a blacksmith and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: 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 rusty crest is long and unkept. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Sethrekar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In his 18th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Sethrekar alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and revenge

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She wears a simple grey robe with blue stripes complete with hood. Her white hair is greasy and uncared for. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Server

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 360 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.