Description: Standing 4'2", this man wears a white cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears bulky black painted plate armor. He is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around his ears. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is a great chef.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and to protect his home

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 47000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his left hand. He has styled his brown hair well, parting it to the left. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has worked as a Slave Trader like his mother before him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and half-orc compassion

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Secretive, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 10000 sp. Amethyst (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a brown shirt with thin white vertical stripes and brown pants. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1400 gp. Red garnet (50 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1600 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp).

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Bowyer. He has dyed his greying black fur a little too much giving a sharp black color. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Shivering will drive conversation. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Being a Bowyer 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 possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Extrovert, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 130 gp.