Description: A man of a pale complexion, he dresses like a well dressed Barber does. His black crest is heavily combed to the left. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Ghesh was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Barber work with an outfit from a few towns over. Barber work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Barber.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Barber responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Insane, Forgetful. Bonds: Job, Guardian. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp).

Description: Standing 5'10", this woman wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length golden hair. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her childhood dream was to be a Mortician, but she was a colossal failure. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Religious, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1000 pp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2200 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her white crest is thinning but still full. Her fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Synthrin grew up listening to her father's many stories. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. In the meantime she has taken over work as a Engraver and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is her passion; and to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Black star sapphire (500 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Rose (50 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Fire opal (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 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. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy black crest. She wears a green cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. She has a hunchback. Her crest, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. Her red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her first spouse was a Sellsword, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 7000 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: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She sports a flattop crest cut. Her gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She bought a kukri and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and doesn't want to be a marshal and was forced into it by her family

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Religious, Nature, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Silver pearl (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She keeps her cinnamon fur in a pixie cut. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. A true patriot, Flame would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. 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. Flame fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Black pearl (1500 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Sard (60 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp).

Description: She is lean but muscular and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her crest is cut close to her head. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 6. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 10000 gp. Violet garnet (900 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Brown diamond (7000 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Onyx (30 gp).