Description: This man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has brown eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Qualen embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Qualen was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 44000 sp.

Description: 5'8" and muscular, this northern man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. His black hair is thinning but still full. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. While he appears to be a normal Half-Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are blue and catlike.

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 obsessed with his god.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 2000 gp. Sardonyx (40 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Blue-white diamond (2000 gp).

Description: He wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His hair is silver and curly. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Lewis hails from a village terrorized by illithids. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To protect his home; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 290 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.