Description: He is a husky man, who wears tattered old clothes. He keeps his silver hair in a flapper bob. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Howard speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Fearful. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 9000 gp. Carnelian (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Black opal (600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Jet (150 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. He sports a long brown beard, and similarly colored long hair. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His childhood dream was to be a Marshal, but he was a colossal failure. He struck the Shipwright job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job, Military. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 900 pp. Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (11000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (50 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). A small bag of saffron. (50 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (130 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man wears a red cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His white hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the south. In his 19th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 10000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 5'6" and is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. With wild silver hair. 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. Traulam enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 900 pp. Jet (130 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp).

Description: She wears a black collared shirt and white skirt. She accessorizes with a red scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She carries with her a set of pickaxes, each one with a emerald on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has a dull look in her white eyes.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born in the south. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 700 pp. Alexandrite (1100 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Amber (60 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Coral (60 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Coral (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Coral (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A 4'0" eastern woman, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her blonde hair is thinning but still full. Her fierce blue 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 lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: The child of a Painter, who enjoyed hunting, Whurdred was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has achieved small success as a Fletcher.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and to be a painter again

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Job, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 8000 gp. Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 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.

Description: She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. The war was a terrible time for her, and Geva does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Locksmith and was forced into it by her family; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Rich, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 600 pp. Fire opal (800 gp). Black opal (800 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (800 gp). White opal (800 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Rose (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Citrine (60 gp).