Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears green trousers with pastel and white striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her crest is bronze and curly. Her gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. 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: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Optimist. Bonds: Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 300 gp. Azurite (7 gp).

Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She wears her chestnut hair up. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. 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 raised in a island tribe. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a green tunic with white highlights, and long pastel pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are likewise gold.

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. She is a great chef.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Sage work with an outfit from a few towns over. Sage work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She bought a dagger and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand her business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 40000 cp. 1 Alchemist’s fire. 1 Smokesticks.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. Sporting a blonde mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A gifted student he started as a Guard, but he got bored and became a Sculptor. He tends to his Sculptor job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Has a crush, Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 600 gp. Carnelian (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his trident with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His golden hair is still thick. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears red robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a quarterstaff, but if one is not available he will default to his scimitar. Sporting a black mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Spice Merchant arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Spice Merchant. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Spice Merchant responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Job, In love, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This light-skinned female usually wears her tan robe and has her rapier always slung over her shoulder. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: The child of a Performer, who enjoyed hunting, Waywocket was taken on many hunting expeditions. A gifted student she started as a Performer, but she got bored and became a Crown-heir. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 500 gp. 3 Thunderstones.

Description: This northern man has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his brown robe. His clothes are grease stained in places. His silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. 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. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Performer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Secretive, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1300 sp. Moss agate (11 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Jet (130 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She wears a yellow cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. She is physically well-built. Her moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Elves.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Gnomish activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Gnomish doctor. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Egelina fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 400 gp. Hematite (12 gp). Amethyst (140 gp).