Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears bulky red painted plate armor. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Layabout born in the past three hundred years. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born to a Herbalist, his mother struggled to pay the bills. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Layabout. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1800 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (120 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She has a hunchback. She has done her best to style her auburn hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Tippletoe embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She was born in the south. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has worked as a Unemployed like her father before her.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 6000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear yellow clothing when he does not wear armor. He is physically well-built. His auburn hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Kody embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: Kody lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. 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: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 10000 gp. Chalcedony (50 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Star ruby (1000 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Jade (90 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Star ruby (1000 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Jet (90 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Coral (90 gp). Malachite (7 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Adventurer business.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. After a long history of fighting, Cockaby and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Persistence, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 10000 gp. Blue sapphire (1300 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Blue sapphire (1300 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She wears her brown hair up. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She comes from a rich western family. Nyx was born on a far western desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Painter. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 4000 gp. Blue quartz (7 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Sard (50 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Jade (60 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Obsidian (7 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.

Description: This light-skinned female typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull green iron scale mail. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her black hair is thinning but still full. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gurdis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 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 (40 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (40 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She dresses like a well dressed Spice Merchant does. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her red hair, when down, is lengthy. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has achieved small success as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1300 pp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (70 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.