Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. He wears his brown hair down. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Umpen was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the north were limited. After a long history of fighting, Umpen and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1800 gp. Azurite (9 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Rose (20 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Rose (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Reynard lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Gifted from a young age, Frederick studied abroad. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted, Justice. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Debt. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 20 gp. Jet (40 gp). 1 Crowbar.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a green cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. He keeps his white hair in a pixie cut. This hazel eyed easterner 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 is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Religious, Nature, In love. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears a robe, a symbol of magic around his neck, and a trident on his belt. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the right. He has green eyes.

Personality: He is a Body Guard first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born in the north. His childhood dream was to be a Crown-heir, but he was a colossal failure. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Half-Plate.