Description: This slender man stands about 3'11". He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. His black hair is braided into rings. He has violet eyes and a grey hat with a brown feather.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 3000 gp. Banded agate (8 gp). Coral (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Amber (60 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his rapier with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Aerdeth was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (40 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (5000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (70 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (70 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and is typically in his Blacksmith uniform. He keeps his auburn hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Blacksmith.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand his business

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 7000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). White opal (700 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a black armored body suit, with a simple yellow line shooting up and back down. His golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 2000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp). Emerald (700 gp). Rose (40 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her white hair is singed and shortened. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Willow speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Slave. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 12000 gp. Emerald (600 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). White pearl (50 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a green costume with the symbols of the sun god on her torso, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her hair is silver and curly. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. Through the years after Nija was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Nija's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Nija and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 8000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His hair is cut close to his head. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson blue hat.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

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

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (100 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (90 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).