Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. His skin is light but he possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, black shirt, and pastel tie. His long chestnut hair reaches down to his waist. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Umpen hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his singing career. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Umpen was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her blue hair is knotted and matted. Her gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is a Tanner first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. 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: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She tends to her Tanner job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: She wears a tight fitting white shirt and pants. Her red hair is lengthy. She has gray eyes.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of drow once and for all.

History: Brakka lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: She is content; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This light-skinned female is dressed in earthy colors with a white and blue handkerchief worn on her right side. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

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

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She struck the Engraver job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Guardian, Poor, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 200 sp. Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His brown hair is braided into rings. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born to a Sailor, his father struggled to pay the bills. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This late middle aged man wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame and is in decent physical shape. His black fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of giants may trigger it at times.

History: Art was born with his father's beautiful face. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Many giants want him driven away.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1500 sp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: She wears tattered old clothes. Her chestnut hair is long and unkept. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Callie is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Callie has worked very hard to control her curse. After a long history of fighting, Callie and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her crest is brass and very short. She has red eyes and a green hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She got into the Detective business at a young age. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Gifted, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Job, Military. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 4000 cp.

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 brown hair is still thick. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. 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 in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1000 cp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (170 gp).