Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a white tunic with brown highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has a chestnut handlebar mustache and slicked back chestnut hair. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Grûblik was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a worn and beaten armor. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her silver hair is still thick. She has violet eyes and a blue hat with a grey feather.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Nyx was born the youngest of three triplets. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 600 gp. Black star sapphire (800 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 2'11" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His brown hair, when down, is lengthy. His ears are large.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Tomi grew up listening to his father's many stories. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: Lapis lazuli (11 gp).

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a white top hat and white clothes. Her top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She got into the Locksmith business at a young age. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'3" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. Her brass crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

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. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

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

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Military, Attractive. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 10000 gp. White pearl (120 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1600 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Iolite (20 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She has moderate length blonde hair. She has brown eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a large cave. She would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Ielenia took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up warhammer and armor she uses now. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 200 gp. Silver pearl (150 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Azurite (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 3'5". She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her rapier with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She wears her auburn hair down. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: This woman loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. In her 15th year, her parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Caramip alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: Silver ewer (20 gp).