Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His hair is cut close to his head. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Bucklal will drive conversation. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Military, Rich, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She is physically well-built. She wears her golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. In her 13th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 300 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (50 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). 7 Acid flasks.

Description: He wears a green cloak and cross-gartered black stockings, and he perpetually has his longsword ready. He has styled his blue hair well, parting it to the left. He is baby faced.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born in the north. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed, Insane. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a violet coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon her head. Her chestnut hair is cut short. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 320 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 5'2" and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Born in the west to a Sailor, Xanaphia learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. When Xanaphia reached her early adolescence her Elf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: He likes to wear brown tank tops with yellow pants. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He wears his white hair up. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He refers to his adoptive mother 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: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Gardener. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Gardener.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Slave. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 700 sp. Coral (130 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 2'10" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears tattered old clothes. She has done her best to style her silver hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She hates brigands. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of brigands once and for all.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her parents were killed by brigands in a raid when she was still a young child. The brigands captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. Being a Shoemaker kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Revenge; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Ûshgol hails from a village terrorized by giants. His parents were killed by giants in a raid when he was still a young child. The giants captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Impulsive, Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: This malnourished woman is wearing a tight green one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her hair is black and very short. Her skin is flawless and her black eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Born in the east to a Spice Merchant, Manea learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 9000 cp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.