Description: This late middle aged man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time and is in decent physical shape. His long black hair reaches down to his waist. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. Anselm enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic, Justice. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 180 pp. Star rose quartz (70 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Rose (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, white shirt, and grey tie. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her golden hair is well kept. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. The war was a terrible time for her, and Huru does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Military, Nature. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: Fire opal (1600 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp).

Description: This man is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Map Maker. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has blonde hair. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Justin grew up listening to his mother's many stories. A gifted student he started as a Mason, but he got bored and became a Map Maker. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. She carries a battered quarterstaff and tarnished club as well. Her white crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are likewise gold. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: The child of a Spy, who enjoyed hunting, Jaxi was taken on many hunting expeditions. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Elven companion (her 'brother'). She bought a club and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 100 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp).

Description: She wears a grey tunic with brown highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around her shoes. She is physically well-built. Her golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Marastyr was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Marastyr liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She has worked as a Mason like her father before her.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Emotional, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She is an epitome of beauty. She wears her black hair up. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Bimpnottin isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She was born in a small plains village. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister.

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Nature, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has white hair. His black eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

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. His parents enrolled him in a Expert school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 90 pp. Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Moonstone (30 gp).

Description: 4'10" and muscular, this southern woman is dressed in an above average manner. Her black hair, when down, is lengthy. Her hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Laborer.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a fancy grey dress, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She wears her black hair down. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. The war was a terrible time for her, and Oriff does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Oriff was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Military. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.