Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and is dressed in earthy colors with a black and brown handkerchief worn on his right side. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His hair is chestnut and very short. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. He has all his life been fascinated with music.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. Hoshgrish was born on a far northern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Sage. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 300 gp. Tourmaline (80 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). Blue star sapphire (1000 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. His tied-back hair is black. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. A gifted student he started as a Slave Trader, but he got bored and became a Fortune-teller. He has worked as a Fortune-teller like his father before him.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and balancing his hectic life and new fortune-teller responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Nature, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 300 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is wearing a tight green one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His green crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes drow are coming to abduct people. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants revenge against drow; and gnomish compassion

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: 5'5" and muscular, this eastern woman wears a green coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon her head. Her hair is white and curly. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. A gifted student she started as a Herbalist, but she got bored and became a Fletcher. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Fletcher for hire.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 800 sp. 4 Smokesticks.

Description: He stands about 3'8" and is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His tied-back hair is chestnut. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Dabbledob was born with his mother's beautiful face. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Marshal work with an outfit from a few towns over. Marshal work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He's also a talented Bowyer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 11000 sp. Solid gold idol (300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is renowned for her bright blue dresses and hats, and is pretty ugly. She is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around her ears. This green eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is a Shoemaker first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Born to a Cook, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Shoemaker for the past few years.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 400 gp. Citrine (40 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Star ruby (400 gp). White pearl (150 gp).

Description: She has a missing right arm. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. Ella was born on a far southern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Hunter. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: To protect her home; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 2100 gp. Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Sard (20 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp).