Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears brown trousers with red and black striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Gnomes in Sapply's homeland. Sapply decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, marred by beers. His chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with singing. He constantly tries to fill his life with singing. 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: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: 3'2" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears professional attire. His long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. 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 is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Born in the south to a Architect, Ghaliver learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He became a Architect soon after.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Architect responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 30 pp. Amber (70 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp).

Description: This man wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on his right hand. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has violet eyes.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Gardain's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Dilettante but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Gardain was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Impeccable, Pacifist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'6" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a worn and beaten armor. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

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 dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A gifted student he started as a Architect, but he got bored and became a Fortune-teller. 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: Wants to raise his children well; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 140 gp.