Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a blue shirt with thin white vertical stripes and tan pants. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. A friendly and beautiful Gnome, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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. After a long history of fighting, Frouse and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 700 pp. Black pearl (1500 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a black coat over a blue low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon her head. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She wears her rusty crest up. Her gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing singing.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered singing. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 40 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering his clean studded leather. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He wears his white hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Born in the south to a Farmer, Beloril learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His childhood dream was to be a Spy, but he was a colossal failure. He tends to his Farmer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and expand his business

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He prefers to wear brown clothing when he does not wear armor. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. He has blue eyes and a brown hat with a black feather.

Personality: He is a Spice Merchant first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has worked as a Spice Merchant like his mother before him.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and balancing his hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1900 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).

Description: This woman is dressed in an above average manner. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She wears her bronze crest up. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. The war was a terrible time for her, and Gilkass does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. When Gilkass reached her early adolescence her Dragonborn mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk.

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she is wearing a long, white cloak. Her head has been shaved. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She got into the Ploughman business at a young age. She worked as a nervous Ploughman and found it very stressful. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Murgen was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and she has a crush on the local courier

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Family, Job, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1000 gp. Chalcedony (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is wearing a long, green cloak. Her white hair is braided into rings. This red eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. 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 in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Religious. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He wears a violet shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and green pants. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (30 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (30 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (90 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length silver hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

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 struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: In love, Rich, Enemies, Debt. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 45000 sp. Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Iolite (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.