Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

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. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 2300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his bow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. His white crest is still thick. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: Standing 3'1", this man wears a pastel cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. His long blonde hair reaches down to his waist. This blue eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and doesn't want to be a barber and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Military, Family, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 200 pp. Eye agate (10 gp). Jade (110 gp). Jet (110 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). Amber (110 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Coral (110 gp).

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his dagger with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He is physically well-built. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy chestnut hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. 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: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he is greedy

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears blue trousers with brown and green striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He keeps his black hair in a flapper bob. His ears are large.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Spice Merchant business.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. His first spouse was a Mayor, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 300 sp.