Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is dressed in a clean violet cloak covering his clean studded leather. His tied-back hair is brown. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Purban lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled father and took his father's old job. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 3000 gp. Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Rose (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 5'1" and prefers to wear grey pants and tee shirts. His hair is silver and curly. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Cory was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. He is portly but not overly obese. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy white hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes drow are coming to abduct people. He takes great joy in being the best Adventurer in town.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. He has achieved small success as a Adventurer.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Adventurer responsibilities is difficult; and a deep hatred of drow

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 4000 gp. Moss agate (8 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Jet (120 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Onyx (70 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He has no hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: Violet garnet (1000 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Star ruby (900 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Hematite (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.