Description: He is wearing a long, grey cloak, and carries longbows. His red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Doctor arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He is physically well-built. His hair is long and chestnut with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small tan clips. His beard is brown, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, In love. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears dull yellow sweaters, loose white pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed rapier, just in case. She has wavy red hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the east were limited. Being a Priest kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the left. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat, marred by sweets. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. Norman enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To protect his home.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 11000 cp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her blonde hair is braided into rings. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (40 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'11" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. His dark red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He found a children's book about a Tiefling Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and obtaining odd cultural dwarven artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a blonde handlebar mustache and slicked back blonde hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. 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 son.

History: Aerdeth was born the youngest of three triplets. His father worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled father and took his father's old job. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Greedy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 800 sp. Carnelian (20 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is wearing a long, grey cloak. His hair is auburn and very short. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Morkral was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. He worked as a nervous Fortune-teller and found it very stressful. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Fortune-teller for the past few years.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.