Description: He is a mite stocky and wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is wearing a tight white one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He wears his auburn hair up. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Qualen was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Painter. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Blue sapphire (900 gp). Sard (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Rose (20 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His hair is short and chestnut. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Detective hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Joker. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 5'7" and wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His red hair is singed and shortened. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Ernest isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Elven unity. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. When Ernest reached his early adolescence his Half-Elf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Spice Merchant for hire.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Job, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 4000 gp. Hematite (14 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Jet (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp).