Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Manfred was born on a far northern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Servant. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: A 3'6" northern man, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His auburn hair is unkempt and raggedy. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Burgell embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. 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: Burgell was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: Emerald (1300 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and black handkerchief worn on his left side. His long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Dwarf in existence. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. 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 has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Family, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 80 gp. 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His hair is cut close to his head. This violet eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Barrister born in the past three hundred years. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Selfish, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1000 gp. Violet garnet (700 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a brown coat over a yellow low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon his head. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. 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 was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. A freak accident while working with his Actor father left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp.