Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length blonde hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. 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: He comes from a rich western family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. Some 9 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Elaim never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 600 sp. Brown-green garnet (120 gp).

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Dragonborn, and stands approximately 6'6". She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with black colored cloaks and clothing, and her gloved hand is found clutching a hand crossbow. Her brass crest is smooth and relatively long. Her gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Unemployed for the past few years.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and gnomish compassion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. He wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a axe, but if one is not available he will default to his bastard sword. He has a hunchback. He has wavy auburn hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and money/treasure

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: French accent

Possessions: Moss agate (8 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears blue leather gloves, a blue jacket, and tight pants. Her chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 20 pp. Hematite (7 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his top white hat.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and to reunite with his absent father

Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 110 gp. 8 Acid flasks.

Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his club, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. He has gleaming, smiling white eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Mercenary. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: He is greedy; and expand his business

Ideals: Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1700 sp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who is renowned for her bright brown dresses and hats. Her black fur is singed and shortened. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her top brown hat.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 3'11". She is wearing a long, brown cloak. Her auburn hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Barbena hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Sellsword. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1700 sp. Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Moss agate (6 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears professional attire. With wild white hair. She has blue eyes and a tan hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her druidic talents. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: Jade (140 gp).