Description: He wears a fancy black suit. He is portly but not overly obese. His black fur is lengthy. This yellow eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

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 enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Aura abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1200 gp. Sard (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Zircon (20 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Alston is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born in a small island village. Alston liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family, Nature. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His long black hair reaches down to his waist. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: Warryn hails from a village terrorized by illithids. In his 10th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Warryn alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 3000 gp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a worn and beaten armor. He has shaved his head bald. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Lance was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head and is in decent physical shape. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Spice Merchant. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Paggen lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and balancing his hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Family, Slave. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 320 gp. Obsidian (14 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp).