Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. He wears his brown hair down. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Umpen was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the north were limited. After a long history of fighting, Umpen and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1800 gp. Azurite (9 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Rose (20 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Rose (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Reynard lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Gifted from a young age, Frederick studied abroad. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted, Justice. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Debt. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 20 gp. Jet (40 gp). 1 Crowbar.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a green cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. He keeps his white hair in a pixie cut. This hazel eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

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 obsessed with his god.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Religious, Nature, In love. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 400 gp.