Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He wears his white crest up. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and many drow want him driven away

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Coral (120 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp).

Description: This northern man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His clothes are grease stained in places. He sports a flattop hair cut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. 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 daughter.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. His first spouse was a Assassin, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Flaws: Insane, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Black pearl (1600 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He got into the Barkeep business at a young age. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He struck the Barkeep job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Barkeep responsibilities is difficult; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Job, Military, Nature. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 4000 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp).

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Berrian embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. Berrian enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Spy.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 13000 cp.

Description: This eastern woman usually wears her black robe and has her kukri always slung over her shoulder. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her brown hair is braided into rings. She has gold eyes and a black hat with a blue feather.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. Purah was born on a far eastern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Banker. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

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 is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Orcs.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Skak grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Gnomish activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Gnomish doctor. He's also a talented Mortician, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, he is not a threatening figure. His black fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His yellow eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Jade will drive conversation. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Jade was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Mercenary for hire.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Extrovert, Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 30000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He carries a battered club and tarnished sai as well. He wears his white hair up. His red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Born in the north to a Locksmith, Purson learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Locksmith. He tends to his Locksmith job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 900 gp. Emerald (1200 gp).

Description: She is dressed in an above average manner. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length black crest. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is a great chef.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 170 gp.