Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep yellow leather and dull blue iron scale mail. His white hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his feathered yellow hat.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Sage born in the past three hundred years. 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 was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he would like to get married and retire

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 600 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 2 Smokesticks.

Description: He tends to wear a large white jacket. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his ceremonial dagger, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. His head has been shaved. He has green eyes and a white hat with a violet feather.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is obsessed with his god.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Religious, Mentor, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 2000 gp. Rose (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp). Amber (110 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is wearing a long, grey cloak. His red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the north were limited. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He is content; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 2000 cp. Obsidian (15 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a tan feathered hat and tan clothes. His head has been shaved. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He tends to his Locksmith job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He wears his brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Hunter. He struck the Hunter job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1300 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp).