Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Dwarf, and stands approximately 4'3". He very much looks the part of a Jeweler, and his gloved hand is found clutching a shield. His golden hair is matted, messy, and big. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Jeweler. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 70 gp. 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a tan vest and prefers blue and grey shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. This amber eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Beiro lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His first spouse was a Guard, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: In love, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 300 gp. Malachite (9 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. Her hair is silver and curly. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her hazel eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the north were limited. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Rock crystal (80 gp).

Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. With bright auburn hair. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her small brown hat.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. Her divine abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was granted divine powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 2100 sp.

Description: A 4'9" eastern woman, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. Her white hair has been sun bleached extensively. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To protect her home.

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 3000 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (70 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (70 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge, and is pretty ugly. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Vonbin will drive conversation. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is wearing a tight grey one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

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. 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. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He wears his red hair up. His red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Tiefling conditions. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 4000 cp. 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a brown vest and prefers white and brown shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She has wavy brown fur. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Tricking grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Halfling companion (her 'brother'). She was granted druidic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 60 gp. Red garnet (70 gp).