Description: He is a husky man, who does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A freak accident while working with his Mortician father left him crippled. Being a Spice Merchant kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 500 sp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (160 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a tight fitting red shirt and pants. Her hair is blonde, silky, and of moderate length. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. She is a great chef.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 7000 sp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple green line shooting up and back down. Her red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Therlin is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Therlin lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 6000 cp. 3 Thunderstones.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her hair is golden and very short. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Sarah wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Ranger, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Disciplined, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 800 gp. Bloodstone (40 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Red spinel (130 gp).

Description: He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with blue colored cloaks and clothing. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has shaved his head bald. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Gifted from a young age, Seebo studied abroad. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 20 gp. White pearl (70 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears just a white suit. His hair is auburn and very short. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1600 gp. Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man usually wears his black robe and has his pickaxe always slung over his shoulder. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length auburn hair. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Pacifist, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Server

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 400 gp. Onyx (60 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she prefers to wear violet clothing when she does not wear armor. Her white hair is singed and shortened. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is a Server first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Elves.

History: Born to a Interpreter, her mother struggled to pay the bills. After coming to the age of reason, Adelaide took it upon herself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She became a Server soon after.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Dragonborn people; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Server

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a fancy black dress, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her crest is scarlet and curly. Her red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. The war was a terrible time for her, and Hethress does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 200 gp.