Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born into a rich family. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Terse, Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. His hair is long and golden with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small black clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Rurik grew up listening to his mother's many stories. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Insane, Addict. Bonds: Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 180 gp. 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: An older man who wears a grey coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head, he is not a threatening figure. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. 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 to loving parents in a slum to the west. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. Being a Healer 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 is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He dresses well, wearing yellow shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His chestnut hair is thinning but still full. He has hazel eyes and a yellow hat with a tan feather.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Jeweler business.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. 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 moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears professional attire. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He wears his silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has amber eyes and a black hat with a green feather.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. He refers to his adoptive mother 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: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family, Religious. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 2000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (80 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp).