Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. While he appears to be a normal Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Suhnae fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing his hectic life and new scribe responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 400 gp. Hematite (14 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). 1 Darkwood Buckler.

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 a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. He wears his white hair up. His eyes are blue.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. 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 daughter.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. At some point he was captured by gnolls and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and many gnolls want him driven away

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 230 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She usually wears her pastel robe and has her greatsword always slung over her shoulder, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'10" when asserting herself. Her beige fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Silent lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her first spouse was a Spice Merchant, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Iolite (20 gp). Emerald (1400 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 5'7". He wears a white costume with the symbols of luck on his torso, and his gloved hand is found clutching a trident. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Black pearl (500 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a black deerstalker hat and black clothes. He carries with him a set of scythes, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has styled his copper crest well, parting it to the right. His red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing dancing.

History: Nithther was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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: Expand his business.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 240 pp.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His crest is red and curly. His gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is a great chef.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Impeccable. Bonds: Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 6000 cp. Red spinel (90 gp).

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears skinny pants and wears a black and grey robe with the hood down. Her hair is short and purple. Her red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She hates Tieflings with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and a strong sense of loyalty to half-elven people

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, In love. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 90 pp. Hematite (10 gp). Onyx (70 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering his clean studded leather. He has a brown handlebar mustache and slicked back brown hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Burgell isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Religious, Debt. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Eye agate (9 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Rose (60 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Slave Trader but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Pyntle was born the youngest of three triplets. In her 18th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Pyntle alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and doesn't want to be a slave trader and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist. Bonds: Nature, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.