Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He carries a battered glaive and tarnished trident as well. His scarlet crest is knotted and matted. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Ghesh has worked very hard to control his curse. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He is wearing a long, tan cloak. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his sword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Guardian, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 2 Smokesticks.

Description: He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with grey colored cloaks and clothing. He carries a battered quarterstaff and tarnished shield as well. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. He is baby faced.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Vonbin was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

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.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: She is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, red shirt, and black tie. Her hair is brown and very short. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Gnomish activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Gnomish doctor. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and she is greedy

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Rich. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 20 pp. Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Banded agate (11 gp).

Description: She likes to wear black tank tops with red skirt. She carries a battered lance and tarnished flail as well. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are silver and catlike.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Beleth 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 has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive, Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: This man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Shaká wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insomniac, Secretive, Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 90 gp. Jade (160 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. His eyes are silver and beady.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was born in the north. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp).

Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She carries with her a set of hand crossbows, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her golden hair is knotted and matted. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her divine talents. She was granted divine powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His long red hair reaches down to his waist. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Adrik hails from a village terrorized by brigands. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands.

Ideals: Gifted, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 70 gp.