Description: This man is very fat, and is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His hair is long and chestnut with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small green clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Kellen was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Gnomes in Kellen's homeland. Kellen decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man wears a blue Stetson hat and blue clothes. His clothes are grease stained in places. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease, Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 900 gp. Star ruby (400 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull black iron scale mail. He keeps his white hair in a flapper bob. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Bather

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This dark-skinned male prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His blonde hair is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Through the years after Travok was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Travok's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature flail.

Motivation: Expand his business; and obtaining odd cultural dwarven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 100 gp.