Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a grey vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his grey boots flare out at the collars. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Eberk grew up listening to his father's many stories. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Soapmaker. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Soapmaker.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 11000 gp. Banded agate (5 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Amber (90 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'8" and wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His black hair is long and unkept. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Justice, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1200 pp. Red garnet (50 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and green handkerchief worn on his right side. His auburn hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Has a crush, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 6000 gp. Aquamarine (800 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). White opal (1300 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. Her white hair, when down, is lengthy. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1100 pp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Silver ewer (30 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His red hair is braided into rings. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. In his 18th year, his parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Gormogord alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1200 pp. A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Gold and ruby ring (9000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (70 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 gp). A small bag of saffron. (70 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2500 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a worn and beaten armor. Her auburn hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are brown.

Personality: Yurgunn hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Yurgunn was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Yurgunn fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To be a Barkeep again; and expand her business

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Moonstone (70 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Coral (90 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Amber (90 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Star ruby (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She is an epitome of beauty. Her red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Barrister arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Through the years after Tagga was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Tagga's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and money/treasure

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 3000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.