Description: This slender woman stands about 5'2". She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She has dyed her greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. This silver eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Astaro hails from a village terrorized by goblins. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and a deep hatred of goblins

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Red garnet (140 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. With bright white hair and a scraggly beard. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. While he appears to be a normal Half-Orc, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Odorr fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is content; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 4000 gp. Malachite (16 gp). Black star sapphire (1300 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Rose (50 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His silver crest is long and unkept. His eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Born in the south to a Mortician, Kiirith learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His parents were killed by brigands in a raid when he was still a young child. The brigands captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Mortician responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 5000 gp. Obsidian (12 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Sard (20 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Jade (50 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has done his best to style his chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

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. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (70 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (70 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He is portly but not overly obese. His silver hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He found a children's book about a Dwarf Druid who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. 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 desires power and/or immortality; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Pacifist, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 6000 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'1" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was born in a small forest village. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 9000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (10 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his blue robe. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. 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 was born in a small mountains village. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 3000 gp. White pearl (130 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Fire opal (500 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.