Description: He is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. He is renowned for his bright grey suits and hats. He has a hunchback. His hair is white and curly. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His childhood dream was to be a Banker, but he was a colossal failure. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Banker they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Soapmaker, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 11000 gp. Citrine (30 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Sard (30 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Star ruby (600 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Blue sapphire (600 gp). Jet (70 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Coral (70 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears a green shirt, with a tan mid length skirt with tan tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her crest is short and bronze. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 8000 gp. Smoky quartz (30 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Zircon (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. He sports a flattop fur cut. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. When Windy reached his early adolescence his Tabaxi father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Military. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 6000 gp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a tan coat. She has styled her red hair well, parting it to the right. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Tippletoe isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. A gifted student she started as a Bricklayer, but she got bored and became a Adventurer. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Adventurer responsibilities is difficult; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Opinionated. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (80 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (80 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (160 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (3000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (160 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (80 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a simple tan robe with brown stripes complete with hood. She wears her black hair up. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: German accent

Possessions: Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Rose (30 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp).

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. Her crest is cut close to her head. She has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. Now she works as a painting tutor during her time off.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Impulsive, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 8000 gp. Amethyst (110 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a white costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. She carries a battered longbow and tarnished bow as well. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Nikki was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nikki fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 800 pp. Aquamarine (1500 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Sard (20 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.