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 dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has moderate length white hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Umpen was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Umpen grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Umpen. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 100 gp. Jet (70 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man is typically in his Sage uniform and is in decent physical shape. His hair is cut close to his head. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and 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

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. He keeps his red crest in a pixie cut. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dragonborns.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature axe.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Flaws: Hedonist, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and tan handkerchief worn on her right side. Her white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her skin is flawless and her violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Gifted from a young age, Adelaide studied abroad. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a black costume with the symbols of strength on her torso. Her blue hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. Bryseis enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Bryseis hails from a village terrorized by brigands. At a young age her father died while driving off some brigands. Her mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train her in trident use. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she wants revenge against brigands

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 800 sp. Rhodochrosite (9 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a green coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon her head. Her dark red hair is singed and shortened. Her eyes are likewise silver.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Gifted from a young age, Ishte studied abroad. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants, and is pretty ugly. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has achieved small success as a Baker.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and her religion dominates her actions

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away; and he wants revenge against brigands

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: 5'0" and muscular, this western woman wears a blue costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. In her 13th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic, Fearful. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 100 gp.