Description: He wears yellow painted combat armor at almost all times, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'3" when asserting himself. He has dyed his greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Star rose quartz (50 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Banded agate (7 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His golden hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born in a small island village. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. Being a Carpenter kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 300 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1800 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (60 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears long strands of sapphire and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle.

Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 10000 sp. Bloodstone (80 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a blue tunic with brown highlights, and long pastel pants that bunch up around his shoes, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His silver hair is lengthy. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 82. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it; and many gnolls want him driven away

Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: In love, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a fancy green suit. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Armorer and was forced into it by his family; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 500 gp. Black pearl (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.