Description: This malnourished man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His gold crest is unkempt and raggedy. He wears an eyepatch.

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 susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. 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 west; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (160 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (60 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (60 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (160 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is dressed in earthy colors with a black and brown handkerchief worn on her right side. Her rusty crest is heavily combed to the right. Her gold eyes peer out from beneath her broad black hat.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her music with anyone who is interested.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. Her mother worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled mother and took her mother's old job. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (70 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (3000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (170 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (3000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (70 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (170 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on her left hand. Her brown hair, when down, is lengthy. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She bought a pickaxe and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1000 gp. Black pearl (1400 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Jasper (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a simple white robe with green stripes complete with hood. Her golden hair is cut short. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Tawar is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Tawar grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Tabaxi activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Tabaxi doctor. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 6000 gp.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull brown iron scale mail. He has a long golden beard with little hanging trinkets. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He was born in the east. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Disciplined, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 800 pp. Moss agate (16 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Jade (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Sard (80 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She keeps her long blue hair kept up in a rat tail. She has gold eyes and a black hat with a blue feather.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. 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 a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. After a long history of fighting, Ishte and her spouse have recently divorced.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 3000 gp. Star rose quartz (70 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Amber (40 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Rose (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'6" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She keeps her long black hair kept up in a rat tail. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. After coming to the age of reason, Kasdeya took it upon herself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 700 pp. Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Blue sapphire (1600 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Rose (40 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Coral (70 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp).