Description: This tall, slender woman wears red leather gloves, a red jacket, and tight pants. She has wavy silver hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. 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: She was born into a rich family. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a brown vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His yellow leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his brown boots flare out at the collars. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. His ears are large.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the west. In his 10th year, his parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Thorin alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He's also a talented Carter, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 24000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He keeps his brown hair in a flapper bob. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 10000 cp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a fancy black suit, and carries maces. He sports a flattop crest cut. His gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving 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 son.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 300 gp. Malachite (8 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Black pearl (900 gp).

Description: Standing 3'2", this woman wears a white vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her pastel leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her white boots flare out at the collars. Her silver hair is still thick. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. 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: She has a crush on the local Glassblower; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 200 gp. Chrysoprase (50 gp). Amber (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His golden hair is lengthy. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his music with anyone who is interested.

History: Roondar was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Adept, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Adept in service of a powerful lord somewhere. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, 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 been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: Banded agate (16 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). 4 Tanglefoot bags. 4 Tanglefoot bags. 1 Smokesticks. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: This man usually wears his white robe and has his pickaxe always slung over his shoulder. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his right hand. His golden hair is still thick. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Shaká speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Shaká lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Shaká was born on a far northern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Carpenter. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'4" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around her ears. Her eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: Vorka speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She takes great joy in being the best Knight in town.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Vorka grew up listening to her father's many stories. Her childhood dream was to be a Bookbinder, but she was a colossal failure. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 2 Acid flasks. 1 Holy water.