Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. He has moderate length silver crest. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Azzakh was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Mundane, Forgetful. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1200 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 6'0" northern man, he wears a blue vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his blue boots flare out at the collars. His dark red hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are silver and beady.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Nicor was born on a far northern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Knight. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants revenge against brigands; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has shaved his head bald. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Sensitive, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Server

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 60 gp. Citrine (60 gp).

Description: Standing 3'5", this man wears a yellow feathered hat and yellow clothes. His auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Painter arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Painter work with an outfit from a few towns over. Painter work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane, Racist. Bonds: Job, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. His clothes are grease stained in places. His yellow fur is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Shifting embodies much of what other species detest in the Tabaxis. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Carter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. After a long history of fighting, Shifting and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1 Everburning torch.