Description: A middle-aged man, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, and is pretty ugly. His silver crest is lengthy. This red eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. Greethen enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 5000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (60 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears yellow leather gloves, a yellow jacket, and tight pants. She is portly but not overly obese. Her red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gray eyes.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes orcs are coming to abduct people. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Ella lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and many orcs want her driven away

Ideals: Optimist, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His blue crest, when down, is lengthy. His ears are large.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: The child of a Ruler, who enjoyed hunting, Mehen was taken on many hunting expeditions. After coming to the age of reason, Mehen took it upon himself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Onyx (20 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Jasper (20 gp). White opal (600 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). White pearl (160 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Sard (20 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman prefers to wear flannel, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She keeps her white hair in a pixie cut. She has red eyes and a green hat with a white feather.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Joker, Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: In love, Attractive. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 700 pp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (20 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (150 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (20 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (150 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His hair is auburn and curly. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is a great chef.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. Gynk enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence. Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 8000 gp. Star rose quartz (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Jasper (50 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is white, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy auburn hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes drow are coming to abduct people. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he wants revenge against drow

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 3000 gp. Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Emerald (600 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Rose (80 gp). Onyx (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.