Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has silver hair. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Thorpe lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 8000 gp. Blue quartz (6 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Malachite (6 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 6'4". He wears a robe, a symbol of luck around his neck, and a scimitar on his belt. He keeps his long yellow fur kept up in a rat tail. His yellow eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Born in the east to a Spice Merchant, Seven learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: This man stands a little under 4'3" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He keeps his blonde hair in a flapper bob. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He became a Bookbinder soon after.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job, Religious. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1400 gp. Amethyst (100 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp).

Description: He wears a simple brown robe with blue stripes complete with hood. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Tailor who has hired him part-time. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 2000 sp. Chrysoprase (60 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears baggy blue pantaloons and a yellow scarf. He keeps his long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the south. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 6000 sp.