Description: Runty and weak-looking, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the west. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 south. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and regain custody of his daughter

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 2500 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1800 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (180 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a tight fitting white shirt and pants. He has dyed his greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. When Alberich reached his early adolescence his Dwarf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and he is content

Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 17000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He keeps his black hair in a pixie cut. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Umpen embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. 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: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He was taken from his home at a very young age. After a long history of fighting, Umpen and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Enemies, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His ears are large.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. Bernard was born on a far eastern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Spice Merchant. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he wants to get laid

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 2200 gp. Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp).

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His auburn hair is long and unkept. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He got into the Bowyer business at a young age. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He struck the Bowyer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Guardian, Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 2000 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (110 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.