Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly greataxes and hammers. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy golden hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker blue hat.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Actor born in the past three hundred years. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To be a Carter again; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Shy, Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Moss agate (6 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a green armored body suit, with a simple red line shooting up and back down. He wears a colorful flower in his chestnut hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Damakos grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Damakos. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Passionate, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: He prefers to wear brown clothing when he does not wear armor. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson brown hat.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Sculptor arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Traki alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Slave, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 180 pp. Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His hair is short and blonde. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Kelter embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Mason profession.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He struck the Animal Trainer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and regain custody of his daughter

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 110 gp. 4 Tanglefoot bags.