Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered yellow stockings. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Body Guard work with an outfit from a few towns over. Body Guard work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. In the meantime he has taken over work as a Body Guard and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a yellow feathered hat and yellow clothes. Her silver hair is knotted and matted. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: 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; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful, Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Miller

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 600 sp. Tourmaline (80 gp).

Description: An older man who wears a black shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and black pants, he is not a threatening figure. He has dyed his greying green crest a little too much giving a sharp green color. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Norkruuth was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. Norkruuth was born on a far western island where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Adventurer. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her golden hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the north were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 340 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor. He is an epitome of beauty. He has styled his blonde hair well, parting it to the right. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 340 gp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly sais and crossbows. He sports a long blonde beard, and similarly colored long hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

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. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Anverth 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 Anverth. After a long history of fighting, Anverth and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Elven compassion; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 600 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears an entirely green suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has moderate length copper crest. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Born to a Bowyer, his mother struggled to pay the bills. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Passionate, Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Slave, Poor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. He wears a grey vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his grey boots flare out at the collars. He has a hunchback. His blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Veit wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Veit grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He 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. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 100 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He wears his white hair up. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered north to less war torn lands. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To be a Beggar again.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.