Description: A middle-aged woman, she is dressed in earthy colors with a red and green handkerchief worn on her left side, and is pretty ugly. Her chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Jillian lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing her hectic life and new engraver responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 20 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, he is not a threatening figure. He keeps his red hair in a pixie cut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Navigator but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Erky was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Navigator work with an outfit from a few towns over. Navigator work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist, Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears just a black suit. His scarlet crest, when down, is lengthy. His gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. Zedaar abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: German accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His copper crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. While he appears to be a normal Dragonborn, 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. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 9000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (30 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (90 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp).

Description: He stands about 4'11" and wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is brown and very short. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Erevan has worked very hard to control his curse. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 11000 sp. 3 Thunderstones. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has black hair. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In her 11th year, her parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Baelitae alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Many orcs want her driven away; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed, Hedonist. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 200 gp. Hematite (14 gp). Carnelian (40 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a brown tunic with grey highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her long auburn hair reaches down to her waist. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She's also a talented Baker, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and to be a baker again

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 900 gp. Zircon (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp).

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull tan iron scale mail. His silver crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gold eyes.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: Nithther was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 12000 gp. Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Jet (60 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Rose (60 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Sard (60 gp). Jade (60 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Amber (60 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a violet coat. Her hair is golden, silky, and of moderate length. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Because her mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, gnolls burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her father from journeying west to reunite her family. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Many gnolls want her driven away; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 2200 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp).