Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears blue robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a scythe, but if one is not available he will default to his spear. He keeps his long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic, Insane. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 10000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (90 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1800 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (30 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (90 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (30 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She carries with her a set of swords, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She has brown hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Loopmottin was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Loopmottin fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism, Persistence. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 700 pp. Sardonyx (20 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Blue-white diamond (2000 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp).

Description: She is well dressed, constantly wearing a pastel suit, green shirt, and brown tie. She is portly but not overly obese. She has done her best to style her beige fur to look like a famous performer. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Spice Merchant. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Spice Merchant for the past few years.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 9000 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Silver ewer (40 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (3000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (40 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (180 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (180 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: An older woman who is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing violet cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze, she is not a threatening figure. Her brown hair is knotted and matted. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Elven activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Elven doctor. She became a Tanner soon after.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Job, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 6000 gp. Black pearl (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 3'11". He is renowned for his bright brown suits and hats. He wears his chestnut hair down. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his small brown hat.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He got into the Beggar business at a young age. 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 achieved small success as a Beggar.

Motivation: Revenge; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 500 pp. Alexandrite (1500 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 5'9". He prefers to wear flannel. His black hair is braided into rings. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He takes great joy in being the best Carter in town.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. When Dean reached his early adolescence his Half-Elf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. 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: Expand his business; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Job, Rich, Military, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 20000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (40 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (40 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (40 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (130 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (130 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (40 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (40 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (130 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Silver ewer (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears suspenders and red workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy red leather apron most of the time. His long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His green eyes peer out from beneath his feathered red hat.

Personality: He is a Crown-heir first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He uses divination through singing.

History: Roge lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Crown-heir.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Family, Mentor, In love. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 5000 gp. Eye agate (9 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Rose (40 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Brown diamond (8000 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Sard (40 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp).