Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his black robe. He wears a colorful flower in his silver hair. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Gardain was born with his father's beautiful face. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and money/treasure

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Disguise kit.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep pastel leather and dull green iron scale mail. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length yellow fur. His copper unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Shadow will drive conversation. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Gifted from a young age, Shadow studied abroad. Shadow was born on a far eastern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Ruler. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 2500 sp. Blue quartz (8 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This late middle aged man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep red leather and dull white iron scale mail and is in decent physical shape. His white hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He got into the Junk Dealer business at a young age. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. Being a Junk Dealer kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

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.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Rich. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is dressed in earthy colors with a black and violet handkerchief worn on his left side. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Healer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Healer work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Justice, Optimist. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

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 tied-back hair is silver. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Gnomes in Wrenn's homeland. Wrenn decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. 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. Wrenn fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Bather.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her crest, while still mostly green, has prominent grey streaks. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: The child of a Sage, who enjoyed hunting, Biri was taken on many hunting expeditions. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 400 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her golden hair is long and unkept. She has violet eyes and a brown hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Avelina has worked very hard to control her curse. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: In love, Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She has a hunchback. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. She worked as a nervous Ruler and found it very stressful. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: 4'8" and muscular, this southern woman is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She has shaved her head bald. This green eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes goblins are coming to abduct people. She uses divination through singing.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered south to less war torn lands. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Buckler.