Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he dresses like a well dressed Mayor does. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. When Gerbo reached his early adolescence his Gnome mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Mayor responsibilities is difficult; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Job, Nature, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Amethyst (70 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). White opal (900 gp). Jade (70 gp). Black opal (900 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp).

Description: She sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, and carries falchions. She keeps her dark red hair in a flapper bob. Her ears are large.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 600 gp. Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a green shirt, with a yellow mid length skirt with yellow tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She has dyed her greying purple hair a little too much giving a sharp purple color. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Markosian is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Markosian is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Markosian was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Extrovert, Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Mentor, Military. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'6" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a yellow vest and prefers pastel and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has no hair. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and a deep hatred of giants

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 9000 cp. Jet (80 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Coral (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears blue trousers with brown and blue striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He has golden hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Aerdeth hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the south. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Artistic, Professionalism. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 3000 gp. Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Blue-white diamond (5000 gp). Rose (60 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp).

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty violet coat over it. She is portly but not overly obese. She has wavy red hair. This brown eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. 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 born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Susannah has worked very hard to control her curse. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 2100 gp. White pearl (130 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). Sard (20 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he usually wears his grey robe and has his glaive always slung over his shoulder. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. 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 is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Balimaar 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 routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To be a Butcher again; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 40 pp. Golden pearl (90 gp).