Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears an entirely white suit with red socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His hair is long and white with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small white clips. His beard is red, braided, and well cared for. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. A true patriot, Ratak would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Ratak lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and money/treasure

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Family, Rich. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Sporting a white mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. 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 a Server, who enjoyed hunting, Oren was taken on many hunting expeditions. A freak accident while working with his Server father left him crippled. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and gnomish compassion

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease, Racist. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her hair is auburn, silky, and of moderate length. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 390 gp.

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His hair, while still mostly blue, has prominent grey streaks. He has a dull look in his silver eyes.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. Merihim is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 240 gp.

Description: This light-skinned male dresses well, wearing blue shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He keeps his auburn hair in a pixie cut. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Opinionated, Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Baern was born the youngest of three triplets. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and doesn't want to be a architect and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Family, In love. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 280 gp. 4 Smokesticks.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Elf, and stands approximately 5'1". He usually wears his violet robe and has his shield always slung over his shoulder, and his gloved hand is found clutching a shield. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are white and perfect.

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. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

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. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Glassblower they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Bowyer, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Military, Nature. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This man dresses like a well dressed Bowyer does. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Bowyer arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered west to less war torn lands. He tends to his Bowyer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Job, Rich, Military. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has dyed her greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is mildly Human supremacist, though she does not identify as such. 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 was born in the east. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the east were limited. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 200 gp.