Description: This man stands a little under 5'5" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His white hair is thinning but still full. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the north. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ar-Karo fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: Eye agate (12 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Blue sapphire (500 gp).

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His silver crest is braided into rings. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Shedinn grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Elven companion (his 'brother'). He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Selfish. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Raspy

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

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 3'3". He sports red clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, and his gloved hand is found clutching a warhammer. His brown hair is long and unkept. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Knight born in the past three hundred years. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Bertram hails from a village terrorized by drow. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the south were limited. He struck the Knight job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 100 gp. Red spinel (70 gp). Hematite (8 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He sports a long red beard, and similarly colored long hair. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Emerald (1100 gp). Amber (120 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). 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 has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his right hand. He wears his white hair down. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (30 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (50 gp).

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length auburn hair. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Racist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 400 gp. Golden yellow topaz (400 gp).

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a tan collared shirt and violet pants. He accessorizes with a yellow scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He keeps his brown hair in a pixie cut. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He struck the Seamstress job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 14000 cp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a black collared shirt and brown pants. He accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her brown hair is still thick. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Through the years after Orianna was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Orianna's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 22000 sp. Malachite (13 gp). Jade (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item.