Description: 5'8" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. His hair is silver and very short. His eyes are silver and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Akmen speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 8000 cp. Jasper (50 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Amber (130 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light grey in addition to tight pants. Her brown hair is knotted and matted. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Oriel was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Bricklayer. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; 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

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He is an epitome of beauty. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small tan clips. His beard is golden, braided, and well cared for. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the south were limited. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1400 sp. 4 Thunderstones.

Description: She stands about 6'6" and typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Weaver. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Weaver business.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She tends to her Weaver job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Weaver responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Persistence, Athletic. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Emmeline was born with her mother's beautiful face. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Passionate. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 160 gp. Azurite (9 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: 4'10" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She tends to wear a black poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. Her brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is an amazing painter.

History: Vanchu was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a club on his belt. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His yellow fur is heavily combed to the left. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside his partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Tiefling companion (his 'brother'). He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Red garnet (130 gp). Eye agate (7 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. With bright blonde hair. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her father. Ielenia was born on a far western mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Animal Trainer. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Animal Trainer for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.