Description: A middle-aged woman, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time, and is pretty ugly. Her golden hair is lengthy. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is a Layabout first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born in a small desert village. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Dwarven activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Dwarven doctor. She's also a talented Shipwright, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Dwarven compassion; and balancing her hectic life and new layabout responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 4'2". He is wearing a long, brown cloak. His blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Painter for the past few years.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and balancing his hectic life and new painter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 2000 gp. Chalcedony (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Jet (150 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Moonstone (80 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a black small hat and black clothes. His hair is long and silver with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small black clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Mason they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Interpreter, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 600 gp. Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Eye agate (7 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. She wears her black hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: Roywyn hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her singing career. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered singing. She has worked as a Map Maker like her mother before her.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Artistic, Extrovert. Bonds: Religious, Job, Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1000 gp. Amber (80 gp). Sard (30 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has a long brown beard with little hanging trinkets. His ears are large.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Quarion was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 2000 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her hair is golden, silky, and of moderate length. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears an entirely brown suit with blue socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her white hair is knotted and matted. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Masseuse. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature hammer.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 19000 sp. Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his rapier with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and is pretty ugly. His chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Elf in existence. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Eye agate (7 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 5'9" and has a large yellow mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her tan robe. Her red hair is still thick. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 200 gp.