Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears just a black suit. His black hair is knotted and matted. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his silver eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit men.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Xappan 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. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 3'2". She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. This green eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Through the years after Donella was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Donella's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Server

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. Her skin is light but she possesses many yellow ritualistic tattoos. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her chestnut hair is braided into rings. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the south were limited. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She is physically well-built. Her white hair is wavy and long. Her half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was born in the east. Quelenna was born on a far eastern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Performer. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she has a crush on the local stableman

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

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

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'3" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. 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 crest is brass, silky, and of moderate length. Her red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Blendaeth was born with her mother's beautiful face. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and brown handkerchief worn on his right side. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He wears his blonde hair down. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: Warryn is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He bought a crossbow and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

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 doesn't want to be a merchant and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Slave, Family, Military, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 19000 cp.

Description: She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her bastard sword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. Her broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are brown.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born in the north. Because her father participated in the massacre of their homeland, drow burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her mother from journeying north to reunite her family. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His long white fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born in the south to a Crown-heir, Great learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. A gifted student he started as a Assassin, but he got bored and became a Crown-heir. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 3 Thunderstones.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her white hair is thinning but still full. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Mella was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Banker

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 400 gp. 4 Thunderstones. 3 Alchemist’s fire. 1 Smokesticks.