Description: This western man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His clothes are grease stained in places. He keeps his auburn hair in a flapper bob. His skin is flawless and his amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Corkitron was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

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

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 8000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears brown trousers with pastel and violet striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. With wild brown hair. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: To protect her home.

Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Military, Slave. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 4000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (30 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 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 (30 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp).

Description: She dresses like a well dressed Jeweler does. Her white hair is greasy and uncared for. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Jeweler for hire.

Motivation: To be a Painter again.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Amber (120 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is renowned for her bright yellow dresses and hats. Her blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. Griselda liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and she made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 7000 gp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She dresses like a well dressed Body Guard does. She wears her blonde hair down. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her feathered white hat.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Body Guard for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Masseuse again; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 5000 gp. Star ruby (900 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Sard (60 gp). Rich purple corundum (900 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Sard (60 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. She wears her black crest up. Her eyes are red and beady.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dragonborns.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Hethress was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Hethress was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Mentor, Military. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Sard (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Coral (150 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She wears her chestnut hair down. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes giants are coming to abduct people. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and expand her business

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 600 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2100 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (30 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 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.