Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 300 sp. Red-brown spinel (40 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. With bright red hair. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her parents enrolled her in a Commoner school at a young age so that she could practice her arcane talents. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Joker, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 2300 gp. Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a yellow coat with black slacks. He has no hair. His eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Skamos was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Bricklayer.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Bricklayer responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 100 pp. Iolite (30 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is renowned for her bright grey dresses and hats. Her auburn hair is heavily combed to the right. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Barbena was born the youngest of three triplets. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Barbena grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Barbena. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Pacifist, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. Her skin is light but she possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. She wears dull tan sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed quarterstaff, just in case. Her auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. A gifted student she started as a Cartwright, but she got bored and became a Barkeep. She tends to her Barkeep job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature, Job, Slave. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 800 sp. Aquamarine (700 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp).

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat, marred by teas. She has styled her blonde hair well, parting it to the left. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Balifra hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Elven activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Elven doctor. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Elven people; and elven compassion

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 340 gp. Blue quartz (7 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, tan shirt, and red tie. He wears his copper crest down. His eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. A true patriot, Maagog would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Maagog hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Dragonborn conditions. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Maagog was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Orc people; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Military, Enemies. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 100 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (70 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp).