Description: This man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has no hair. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull brown iron scale mail and is in decent physical shape. His chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Oblar grew up listening to his father's many stories. He worked as a nervous Actor and found it very stressful. He became a Actor soon after.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, and she perpetually has her scimitar ready. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a tattered pair of loose grey pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Born to a Guard, her father struggled to pay the bills. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Dwarf, and stands approximately 4'3". She sports grey clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, and her gloved hand is found clutching a halberd. Her golden hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her music with anyone who is interested.

History: Gifted from a young age, Barbena studied abroad. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Ploughman for hire.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Shipwright business.

History: Qemuel hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'9" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a black coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head. His hair is chestnut and curly. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. 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: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Sporting a chestnut mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is renowned for her bright blue dresses and hats. She has wavy brown hair. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Soapmaker work with an outfit from a few towns over. Soapmaker work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Soapmaker responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 200 sp.