Description: She stands about 5'4" and is dressed in an above average manner. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her black hair, when down, is lengthy. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. 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: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 6000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the north were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1200 pp. Obsidian (15 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (800 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Amber (150 gp). Blue sapphire (800 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned male wears a grey vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his grey boots flare out at the collars. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has no hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born to a Sailor, his mother struggled to pay the bills. His druidic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Sailor they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Jeweler, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 8000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Onyx (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He has shaved his head bald. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Immeral has worked very hard to control his curse. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Depressed, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 8000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (110 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a violet and black handkerchief worn on her right side. Her head has been shaved. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Gifted from a young age, Sariel studied abroad. After coming to the age of reason, Sariel 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 tends to her Mercenary job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 4000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (800 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (40 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She has no hair. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Spice Merchant but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. When Shaena reached her early adolescence her Halfling mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears tattered old clothes. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length silver hair. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 600 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1500 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (60 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (150 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (60 gp).