Description: The light-skinned man stands 6'5" and wears suspenders and white workpants. His shirt is violet, and he wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. His hair is long and brown with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small white clips. His beard is white, braided, and well cared for. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. The war was a terrible time for him, and Skak does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Religious. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She wears her rusty crest up. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Actor. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Secretive, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1800 gp. Jade (80 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp).

Description: She wears a simple black robe with white stripes complete with hood, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'9" when asserting herself. Her hair is silver and curly. Her red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dwarven artifacts is her passion; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: In love, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 390 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has brown eyes.

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 does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of goblins may trigger it at times.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He took after his mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his mother taught him to defend himself. When his mother died while fighting goblins, the young Eiravel began to lead the lost caravan. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Many goblins want him driven away; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This tall, slender man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has blue hair. He has gleaming, smiling silver eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Slave Trader and was forced into it by his family; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 3'2", this woman wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. Her hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. This amber eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was born into a rich family. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. 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: Seeks redemption; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with tan slacks. He has dyed his greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Born to a Bookbinder, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He worked as a nervous Armorer and found it very stressful. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: Many giants want him driven away; and to be a bookbinder again

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 5000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Sard (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Rose (40 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Blue sapphire (900 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.