Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a black collared shirt and brown pants. He accessorizes with a red scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His purple hair is knotted and matted. His black unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Damakos grew up listening to his mother's many stories. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Soapmaker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Citrine (40 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. Her red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. 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: She was raised in a desert tribe. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 100 gp. Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp).

Description: Standing 4'9", this man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His hair is cut close to his head. His skin is flawless and his violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. 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 got into the Sellsword business at a young age. Naal abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and green handkerchief worn on his left side. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His long auburn hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Ruler business.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Crampernap was born on a far eastern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Ruler. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 60 pp. Zircon (20 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, green shirt, and grey tie. Her red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. Vapula enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In her 12th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 200 gp. Deep blue spinel (700 gp).