Description: A plain young-adult 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. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

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. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Dwarven conditions. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Merchant responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 3000 gp. Aquamarine (700 gp). Blue sapphire (1600 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Azurite (8 gp). White opal (1600 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Zircon (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern woman tends to wear a brown poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her silver hair is wavy and long. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her violet eyes.

Personality: She is mildly Human supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Human conditions. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people.

Flaws: Racist, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is dressed in an above average manner, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his green eyes.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She likes to wear yellow tank tops with tan skirt. Her white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She bought a dagger and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Persistence, Joker. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 30000 cp. Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Coral (50 gp).

Description: Standing 4'1", this man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. He has gray eyes and a grey hat with a tan feather.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He uses divination through singing.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dwarven companion (his 'brother'). He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. She has wavy golden hair. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Elf in existence. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a large cave. She would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Quillathe took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up ceremonial dagger and armor she uses now. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears tattered old clothes. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Oolah has worked very hard to control her curse. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Impulsive, Disease. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Hematite (10 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Hematite (10 gp).

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He carries with him a set of axes on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. His blonde hair is heavily combed to the left. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Elves.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Banker arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nutae fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 100 pp. Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). A small bag of saffron. (10 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (10 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized red coat. His hair is cut close to his head. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Roofer mother left him crippled. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 600 gp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (50 gp).