Description: This younger middle-aged man wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is pastel, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Greedy, Hedonist, Insane. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 3000 gp. Iolite (40 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ahvain grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He found a children's book about a Elf Barbarian who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is typically in her Merchant uniform. Her brown hair is knotted and matted. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. 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-sister.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Merchant for hire.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Merchant responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Poor, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 700 gp. Jasper (70 gp). Blue sapphire (400 gp). Jacinth (4000 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 3'2". He wears baggy white pantaloons and a grey scarf, and his gloved hand is found clutching a crossbow. His red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the east. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Barkeep for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Racist. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Chalcedony (70 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Blue star sapphire (1200 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Canary diamond (4000 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Amber (150 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears suspenders and green workpants. His shirt is blue, and he wears a heavy green leather apron most of the time. He wears his purple hair up. His white eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Akmen was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 500 pp. Rock crystal (40 gp). Citrine (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 3'3" and muscular, this western man is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and red, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He wears a colorful flower in his golden hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Sapply was born the youngest of three triplets. He found a children's book about a Gnome Paladin who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Apothecary they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Jeweler, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This man wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on his right hand. His black fur has been sun bleached extensively. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. A true patriot, Cloak would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Cloak was born the youngest of three triplets. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Military, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 300 sp.