Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears long strands of opal and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His white hair is still thick. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Emotional, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Azurite (4 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Himo will drive conversation. He uses divination through singing.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His arcane abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has wavy silver hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Shoemaker business.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Melech fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 800 gp. Iolite (50 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Eye agate (8 gp).

Description: He has a missing right leg. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are likewise white. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. After coming to the age of reason, Astar took it upon himself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was granted druidic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 400 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (160 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1500 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. Her brown hair is wavy and long. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Born in the north to a Seamstress, Vanchu learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and to be a tanner again

Ideals: Pacifist, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Debt. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 70 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'8" northern woman, she wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

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. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Sculptor.

Motivation: To be a Bookbinder again; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'2" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a black tunic with white highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around his shoes. His hair is cut close to his head. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Melech was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: An older woman who wears tattered old clothes, she is not a threatening figure. Her red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 3000 sp.