Description: This man wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a tan coat, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His golden hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Armorer. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Born in the east to a Armorer, Umpen learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is wearing a tight white one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a yellow coat with green slacks. His auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

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. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. Efferil was born on a far northern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Interpreter. After a long history of fighting, Efferil and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is wearing a tight white one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She has no hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Philomena has worked very hard to control her curse. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His white crest is heavily combed to the left. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. 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: Sethrekar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He worked as a nervous Cartwright and found it very stressful. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Military. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 500 sp. A silver and pearl hairclip (90 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears just a brown suit. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. The war was a terrible time for him, and Everard does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He saw the violence of war and the aftermath so he converted to religion and dedicated himself to non-violence.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Hedonist, Depressed, PTSD. Bonds: Slave, Military. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has shaved his head bald. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a white vest and prefers black and red shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His hair is long and white with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small white clips. His beard is silver, braided, and well cared for. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Layabout they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Sculptor, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with his absent father

Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: In love, Military, Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 40 pp. Banded agate (16 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This man is very fat, and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull white iron scale mail. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

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 Elf in existence. 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: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To be a Mercenary again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 340 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.