Description: Runty and weak-looking, she typically wears violet cloth garments or leather armor. Her hair is short and red. Her ears are large.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. Avice enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Avice grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She found a children's book about a Half-Elf Expert who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and obtaining odd cultural tiefling artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 3000 gp. Rock crystal (70 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Coral (90 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears bulky black painted plate armor. Her gold crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Born in the west to a Guard, Surina learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her childhood dream was to be a Herbalist, but she was a colossal failure. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Guard for the past few years.

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

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Military, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1300 gp. Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). Peridot (50 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he dresses like a well dressed Layabout does. He wears his auburn hair up. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To be a Apothecary again.

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 6000 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: A 5'10" southern woman, she tends to wear a black poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her red hair is smooth and relatively long. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1200 gp. Red-brown spinel (160 gp).

Description: This man is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Jeweler. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has red hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Alberich was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Jeweler. He has taken up work as a Jeweler and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and to be a mercenary again

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 2300 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (50 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (80 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright yellow and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She has brown hair. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with dancing. She constantly tries to fill her life with dancing. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born into a rich family. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She tends to her Cook job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and to be a tailor again

Ideals: Artistic, Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her white hair is lengthy. Her half smiles and black eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.