Description: This light-skinned male is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His head has been shaved. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He is mildly Gnome supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Shy. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 3100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is typically in his Bookbinder uniform. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His tied-back hair is chestnut. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Oren's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Born in the west to a Bookbinder, Oren learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Bookbinder for the past few years.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and to be a bounty hunter again

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his spear with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He sports a long blonde beard, and similarly colored long hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 34000 sp. Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His fur, while still mostly yellow, has prominent grey streaks. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Art grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Art. Being a Crown-heir kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Minor magic item.