Description: She is lean but muscular and prefers to wear flannel. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Serpent liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Sage for the past few years.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and expand her business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Job, Religious. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1400 gp. Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Rose (40 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears dull blue sweaters, loose white pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed scimitar, just in case. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Galinndan wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Fighter, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when goblins swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Religious, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: Zircon (80 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). White opal (1300 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has hazel eyes.

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 obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the west were limited. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1200 gp. Eye agate (15 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She keeps her blonde hair in a flapper bob. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. The war was a terrible time for her, and Vadania does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Vadania lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 200 gp.