Description: 6'2" and muscular, this southern man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His white crest is braided into rings. His red eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker white hat.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: Zircon (40 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Azurite (14 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull grey iron scale mail. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length black hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Raam alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Logical. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Miller

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his grey robe. He has moderate length white hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Thradal was born on a far southern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Barrister. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He has a large red mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his brown robe, marred by sweets. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: Anselm is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Being a Merchant 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: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 120 gp. 3 Smokesticks.

Description: He wears long strands of emerald and short tan dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He carries a battered morningstar and tarnished halberd as well. His white hair is braided into rings. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Arumawann alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Revenge; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 200 gp.