Description: He is a mite stocky and dresses like a well dressed Sage does. His hair is chestnut and curly. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born into a rich family. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. He has achieved small success as a Sage.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Flaws: Mundane, Racist. Bonds: Job, Rich, Military. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 8000 cp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He wears just a grey suit. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is golden and curly. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. The war was a terrible time for him, and Erdan does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. When Erdan reached his early adolescence his Elf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he wants revenge against brigands

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Depressed, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs and is in decent physical shape. He has a very tight haircut. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. While he appears to be a normal Halfling, 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 has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 5000 cp. Red spinel (80 gp).

Description: This western man is dressed in a clean red cloak covering his clean studded leather. His clothes are grease stained in places. His moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Vondal was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

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 has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and he is content

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 400 gp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (10 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).