Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. His white hair is matted, messy, and big. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. 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: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 5000 gp. Malachite (10 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Blue star sapphire (1300 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Black opal (1300 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Blue sapphire (1300 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His golden hair is long and unkept. His green eyes peer out from beneath his top pastel hat.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Ivellios was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears a green tunic with white highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes. His white hair is singed and shortened. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Vanuath lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. After a long history of fighting, Vanuath and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a green costume with the symbols of death on his torso. His brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Cockaby was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 240 pp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1300 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.