Description: He stands about 3'7" and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: Roondar hails from a village terrorized by illithids. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Roondar alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Roondar was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 600 pp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (80 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A 5'1" eastern man, he wears a fancy black suit. He has done his best to style his red hair to look like a famous performer. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Through the years after Gerald was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Gerald's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gerald fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: He is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His chestnut hair is thinning but still full. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of giants once and for all.

History: Cockaby hails from a village terrorized by giants. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and revenge

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 100 pp. Sard (70 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp).

Description: An older man who is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, he is not a threatening figure. His tied-back hair is black. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has shaved his head bald. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Rolf grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 north. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Bellfounder they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Knight, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 10 pp.