Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He is an epitome of beauty. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Gerald isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Elven unity. 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: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Weaver arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Weaver. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 300 sp. Amber (90 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with brown slacks. With wild blonde hair. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Ridaro was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. After a long history of fighting, Ridaro and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Mundane, Addict, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1300 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She has wavy bronze crest. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gold eyes.

Personality: She hates drow. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Enemies. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 2000 sp. Bloodstone (20 gp).

Description: An older woman who wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt, she is not a threatening figure. Her chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. Through the years after Rinn was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Rinn's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Rich, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and is wearing a long, brown cloak. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her long silver hair reaches down to her waist. She wears large thick round spectacles.

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. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Valida was born the youngest of three triplets. Her father worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled father and took her father's old job. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and doesn't want to be a gardener and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He tends to wear a tan poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has done his best to style his red hair to look like a famous performer. His ears are large.

Personality: He is mildly Gnome supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her white hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Mercenary arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. Some 9 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Salanop never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She is greedy; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: In love, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: Black pearl (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: A 2'10" eastern man, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. With bright white hair and a scraggly beard. He is baby faced.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Hupe alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Depressed, Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she tends to wear a large yellow jacket. She wears her chestnut hair up. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She disdains her fellow southerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Revenge; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Brown-green garnet (130 gp).