Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his dagger with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His purple hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to protect his home

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (100 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (60 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2300 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (60 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He is renowned for his bright red suits and hats, marred by sweets. His blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Gifted, Logical, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 300 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Emerald (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His yellow fur is singed and shortened. His yellow eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Some 6 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Gale never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Military. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 7000 gp. Deep green spinel (40 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull black iron scale mail. Her brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane, Greedy, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 600 pp. Golden pearl (140 gp). Amber (140 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Peridot (30 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Jet (140 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Canary diamond (7000 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Sard (30 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Jade (140 gp). Coral (140 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Rose (30 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Amber (140 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Jade (140 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears an entirely brown suit with black socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His fur, while still mostly yellow, has prominent grey streaks. His yellow eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He wants revenge against drow; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Eye agate (11 gp). Emerald (1100 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Coral (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She keeps her long red hair kept up in a rat tail. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: In love, Rich, Family, Attractive. Occupation: Navigator

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

Possessions: 3000 gp. Star rose quartz (20 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Red garnet (110 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his tan robe. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He hates Humans with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. 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: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature monstrous two handed axe.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and half-elven compassion

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Military, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Smoky quartz (30 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp).