Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His brown fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His yellow eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Spear grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Spear abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict, Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. He has moderate length red hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Architect profession.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He tends to his Spice Merchant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat, and is pretty ugly. She has styled her gold crest well, parting it to the right. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Gesrethe grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Persistence, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her yellow robe. Her auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To protect her home; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Rich, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His silver crest is greasy and uncared for. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. 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: Baradad lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 north. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts. Her silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Ronwe was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. After coming to the age of reason, Ronwe took it upon herself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1000 sp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (150 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 900 sp. Hematite (13 gp). 1 Smokesticks.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is typically in her Carter uniform, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her silver hair is greasy and uncared for. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, In love, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His blue crest is lengthy. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Torinn was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Spy hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Poor, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.