Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, black shirt, and red tie. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. Nelkin enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Bloodstone (80 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Rose (80 gp). Coral (100 gp). Obsidian (4 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. Bella was born on a far southern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Cartwright. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 800 pp. Peridot (80 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Coral (120 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Hematite (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a brown vest and prefers green and tan shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her auburn hair is singed and shortened. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

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

Possessions: 300 pp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1700 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Miner hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He became a Miner soon after.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Miner responsibilities is difficult; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job, Military. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 12000 gp. Golden pearl (130 gp). Emerald (400 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Coral (130 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp).

Description: This northern woman dresses in yellow turtlenecks beneath a pastel coat with tan slacks. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her red hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Ridaro is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to be a jeweler again

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 600 pp. Eye agate (16 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Sard (70 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Amber (60 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Sard (70 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. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. She wears skinny pants and wears a white and black robe with the hood down. She has a hunchback. With bright blonde hair. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born to a Barkeep, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the south were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 700 pp. Black pearl (900 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Jet (80 gp). Jet (80 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Black star sapphire (1300 gp). Jade (80 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Coral (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp).

Description: He is wearing a long, pastel cloak. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He has orange fur. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born into a rich family. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He struck the Sage job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (120 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (120 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp).