Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears skinny pants and wears a brown and tan robe with the hood down. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has worked as a Sage like his mother before him.

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

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 220 pp. Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a grey coat. She wears her white hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Nature, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 150 gp. Jade (120 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady red eyes.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1200 pp. Malachite (15 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Citrine (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'4" when asserting herself. She has dyed her greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She was born into a rich family. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Tiefling conditions. 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: Doesn't want to be a Crown-heir and was forced into it by her family; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 14000 gp. Tourmaline (40 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). White opal (400 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears white trousers with tan and brown striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He keeps his brown hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Faran was born on a far eastern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Spy. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 400 gp. Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Amber (60 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He tends to wear a red poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has a very tight haircut. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of orcs may trigger it at times.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He worked as a nervous Seamstress and found it very stressful. He tends to his Seamstress job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He wants revenge against orcs.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a grey costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length blonde hair. He has gray eyes and a grey hat with a tan feather.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Elven companion (his 'brother'). One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: Star rose quartz (50 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a tan feathered hat and tan clothes. She has a long brown ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is mildly Gnome supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Unemployed work with an outfit from a few towns over. Unemployed work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 38000 sp. Red garnet (130 gp).

Description: An older man who wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it, he is not a threatening figure. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Eiravel was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.