Description: He wears a blue shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and black pants. He is physically well-built. His auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. After a long history of fighting, Rael and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. Her silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her small tan hat.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: Tana was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Elven activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Elven doctor. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and elven compassion

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Bowyer. Her brown fur is thinning but still full. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She comes from a rich western family. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Logical. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a blue tunic with brown highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her brown hair is wavy and long. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 110 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears dull red sweaters, loose tan pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed bow, just in case. Her long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Eran was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Eran decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Guardian, Criminal record. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a white cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is an amazing painter.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Folgûm was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was granted druidic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. She carries with her a set of axes, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the east. In her youth she was a Painter, and wanted to be a champion fighter when she grew up. She was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives she lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. She saw the brutality and swore off her fighting aspirations, taking her younger sister on her back after seeing her parents die, and fled the country. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor. He wears his white hair down. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive, Selfish, Mundane, Fearful. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Unemployed. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. She 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. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: To be a Barkeep again; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Nature, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 7000 cp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). 1 Antitoxin.