Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Merchant arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Coral (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Jet (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Moss agate (14 gp).

Description: This woman wears a worn and beaten armor. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on her left hand. Her hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is a Tailor first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is a great chef.

History: Isabella lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 2000 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (10 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp).

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and grey handkerchief worn on his right side. He is portly but not overly obese. He wears a colorful flower in his blonde hair. His green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Sindri isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Sindri lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Azurite (10 gp). White opal (400 gp). Rose (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Sard (40 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Sard (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She sports auburn long hair. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Emotional, Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 9000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (3000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (180 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: She wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her purple hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are silver and beady.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the north were limited. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it; and many brigands want her driven away

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 5000 gp. Chalcedony (20 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Coral (40 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. She has a hunchback. Her red hair, when down, is lengthy. She has hazel eyes and a red hat with a brown feather.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the east were limited. After a long history of fighting, Kithri and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (50 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2800 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (50 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man wears long strands of amethyst and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Elves.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. 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: He seems to be bored by most things; and a strong sense of loyalty to dwarven people

Flaws: Racist, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 8000 gp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (40 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). Silver ewer (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (40 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 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.