Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears professional attire. Her beige fur is still thick. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. Elegant enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: The child of a Crown-heir, who enjoyed hunting, Elegant was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her childhood dream was to be a Crown-heir, but she was a colossal failure. She struck the Merchant job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to be a crown-heir again

Flaws: Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 900 pp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. His chestnut hair is cut short. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is a great chef.

History: Eberdeb hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 700 pp. Red garnet (160 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Sard (30 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Jet (160 gp). Rose (30 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Elves. Her skin is light but she possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. She worked as a nervous Barrister and found it very stressful. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Job, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 3000 gp. Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Malachite (7 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is dressed in a clean violet cloak covering his clean studded leather. His black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Butcher. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He got into the Butcher business at a young age. 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 Butcher. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 7000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (100 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He stands about 2'10" and prefers to wear flannel. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His auburn hair is long and unkept. He has brown eyes and a white hat with a black feather.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted, Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 12000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (80 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (80 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (80 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (80 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is typically in his Dilettante uniform. His silver hair is still thick. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Shy. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 9000 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (130 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (130 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (130 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (130 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (130 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (130 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears skinny pants and wears a brown and red robe with the hood down. His long black hair reaches down to his waist. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Tim is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Tim alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Mercenary they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Bowyer, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1100 pp. Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (700 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp).