Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of magic around his neck, and a club on his belt, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'10" when asserting himself. He keeps his black hair in a pixie cut. His gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. After a long history of fighting, Melech and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 290 gp. Banded agate (10 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. He keeps his gold crest in a flapper bob. His eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to protect his home

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 500 sp. Azurite (8 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She has blue crest. Her red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Biri hails from a village terrorized by giants. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Many giants want her driven away; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist. Bonds: In love, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is in excellent shape and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. She has a long auburn ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

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. 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: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 500 sp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'8" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and green handkerchief worn on her right side. She keeps her long red hair kept up in a rat tail. Her hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She became a Body Guard soon after.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and doesn't want to be a body guard and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She carries with her a set of glaives on her belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. She keeps her long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. Felosial enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Through the years after Felosial was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Felosial's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist, Disease. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 210 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears baggy blue pantaloons and a brown scarf. His chestnut hair is cut short. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Igden liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Igden fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is content; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist, Mundane. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 20 pp. Deep blue spinel (300 gp).

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, and carries shortspears. His scarlet crest is long and unkept. His fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Ildrex was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

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 feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.