Description: He is a husky man, who dresses well, wearing green shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His silver hair is lengthy. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Kyle hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Kyle lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 400 gp. Aquamarine (1600 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His long silver crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. His red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. 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: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak. His blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Alston isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. 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: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, brigands burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying west to reunite his family. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 2000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. Wrenn was born on a far western mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Animal Trainer. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 300 gp. Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Rich purple corundum (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has a missing right leg. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright grey and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

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 used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

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 mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Persistence, Professionalism, Gifted, Impeccable. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1900 sp. Red spinel (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.