Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears professional attire. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is a Server first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born in the west to a Server, Umpen learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Server

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 800 pp. Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Rich purple corundum (900 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (140 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 5'4" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears bulky black painted plate armor. His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Galinndan was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student he started as a Sage, but he got bored and became a Unemployed. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1000 gp. White opal (1600 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp).

Description: This northern man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. His clothes are grease stained in places. His blue crest is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are likewise red.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Guard 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 north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 4000 sp.