Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His white hair is heavily combed to the left. He is baby faced.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. 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 raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he seems to be bored by most things

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Disease. Bonds: Poor, In love. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her silver hair is lengthy. Her white eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Damaia speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. 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 spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He carries with him a set of pickaxes on his belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Skoth was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: He's in love; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: He wears blue trousers with pastel and black striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He carries with him a set of maces on his belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. His blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Nim was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Assassin and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 20 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (120 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His chestnut hair is heavily combed to the left. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Body Guard but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Pûgrish was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Pûgrish fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Pacifist, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1000 cp. Amethyst (110 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 90 gp. 3 Thunderstones.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a tan armored body suit, with a simple black line shooting up and back down. Her golden hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Tana embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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 was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 230 gp. Citrine (40 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). Jet (110 gp).

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her silver hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. She has brown eyes and a white hat with a tan feather.

Personality: Shautha hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Shautha was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Job, Religious, Slave. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 80 gp. Malachite (10 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. This blue eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Creega was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Creega decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Actor 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: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Flaws: Shy, Addict, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 800 sp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp).