Description: She wears suspenders and black workpants. Her shirt is white, and she wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. Her long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. In her 11th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Lezre alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Expand her business; and wants to open a new tavern

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Nature, Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 600 pp. Malachite (10 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Sard (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears just a tan suit. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born in a small forest village. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Umpen took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up whip and armor he uses now. He has achieved small success as a Bellfounder.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 2000 pp. A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (40 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (160 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his rapier with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. His ears are large.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His childhood dream was to be a Barber, but he was a colossal failure. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Cartwright for the past few years.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and balancing his hectic life and new cartwright responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Rock crystal (70 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Blue sapphire (400 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. She has a long brown ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Hlin was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She is content; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 2000 pp. Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Silver ewer (10 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (10 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (10 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (60 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (60 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. He is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around his ears. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His childhood dream was to be a Dyer, but he was a colossal failure. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing his hectic life and new banker responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1000 pp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 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 (100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1800 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1800 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (170 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp).

Description: She wears a black costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. Her scarlet crest is still thick. This red eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Antrara is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Antrara has worked very hard to control her curse. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 11000 gp. Tourmaline (120 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Blue sapphire (1600 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Red spinel (120 gp).

Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are likewise silver. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. 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 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 further expansion of business

Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Bloodstone (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Coral (120 gp). Rose (80 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). White opal (600 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). Black opal (600 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). 1 Medium magic item.