Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull white iron scale mail. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

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. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Born to a Painter, his father struggled to pay the bills. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Engraver. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Persistence, Professionalism. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a white tunic with brown highlights, and long green pants that bunch up around his shoes. He sports a long brown beard, and similarly colored long hair. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Gruk was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He has dedicated himself to building a better world.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 700 gp. Alexandrite (800 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp).

Description: This man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his right hand. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. While he appears to be a normal 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 900 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He dresses well, wearing grey shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His cinnamon fur is knotted and matted. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. After coming to the age of reason, Serpent took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 260 gp.