Description: He is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. He wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. He has a hunchback. His hair is short and brown. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Theren hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 5000 gp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (80 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2300 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (80 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 6'10" and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. A gifted student he started as a Bowyer, but he got bored and became a Jeweler. He struck the Jeweler job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is content; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Alexandrite (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Peridot (20 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with blue slacks. His blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. 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: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Banded agate (13 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Jet (140 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Jet (140 gp). Moss agate (13 gp).

Description: He wears suspenders and yellow workpants. His shirt is red, and he wears a heavy yellow leather apron most of the time. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Soveliss is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Elves.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A freak accident while working with his Mercenary mother left him crippled. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 5000 gp. Chalcedony (80 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1500 gp). Aquamarine (1300 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.

Description: She dresses well, wearing grey shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her hair is golden and curly. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gray eyes.

Personality: She hates Humans with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Dwarven people.

Flaws: Racist, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1000 gp. Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Jade (40 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his green eyes.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is obsessed with his god.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Immigrant, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Deep green spinel (50 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Jade (50 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Blue star sapphire (1500 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Sard (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He tends to wear a large pastel jacket. His fur, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson pastel hat.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He comes from a rich western family. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 300 pp. Golden pearl (110 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Blue star sapphire (1200 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Amber (110 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Coral (110 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp).