Description: He is in excellent shape and dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a white coat with grey slacks. He is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around his ears. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his broad brown hat.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 13. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. 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 comes from a rich western family. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 4000 sp. Eye agate (10 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp).

Description: An older man who prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, he is not a threatening figure. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Oriax hails from a village terrorized by goblins. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, goblins burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the east, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying east to reunite his family. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He tends to wear a large white jacket. He wears a colorful flower in his brown hair. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Laucian's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. A true patriot, Laucian would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 8000 gp. Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (20 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (20 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (140 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Born to a Apothecary, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He worked as a nervous Layabout and found it very stressful. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Layabout.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Poor, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has dyed his greying rusty crest a little too much giving a sharp rusty color. 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 can speak with the recently deceased. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the north. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and revenge

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.