Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she is wearing a long, tan cloak. She wears her brown hair down. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She found a children's book about a Gnome Bard 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. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Military, Rich. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 600 gp. Moss agate (16 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Hematite (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears bulky green painted plate armor. He wears his scarlet crest down. His half smiles and red eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Rathkran has worked very hard to control his curse. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and doesn't want to be a brewer and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Shy, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1500 gp. Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Emerald (1400 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His golden hair is greasy and uncared for. His gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his singing with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born in the east. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and doesn't want to be a miller and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Citrine (50 gp).

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. He wears his red crest up. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gold.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Shoemaker who has hired him part-time. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. The family's rival house kidnapped his sister with the intent that his sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Has a crush, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 200 pp. Moss agate (9 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp).

Description: This light-skinned female likes to wear violet tank tops with green skirt. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She has done her best to style her auburn hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Vicky embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Banker they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Tanner, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to be a banker again

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Family, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears tattered old clothes. She has done her best to style her golden hair to look like a famous performer. Her ears are large.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Half-Elven culture. 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 a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Half-Elven compassion.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Mundane. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His hair is cut close to his head. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his top white hat.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A gifted student he started as a Glassblower, but he got bored and became a Engraver. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 18000 sp. Brown diamond (3000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears suspenders and yellow workpants. Her shirt is tan, and she wears a heavy yellow leather apron most of the time. Her chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Juliana was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Juliana decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Guard kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'4" when asserting himself. His white crest is long and unkept. His gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. After a long history of fighting, Ildrex and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 150 pp.