Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, and he perpetually has his sickle ready. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. A gifted student he started as a Gardener, but he got bored and became a Mercenary. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to be a gardener again

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1100 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1500 gp). Emerald (1500 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 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: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his blue robe. He sports a long black beard, and similarly colored long hair. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has achieved small success as a Bricklayer.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 8000 gp. Eye agate (15 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Sard (60 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Rose (60 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He wears his brown hair down. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Blacksmith. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. A true patriot, Umpen would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Gifted from a young age, Umpen studied abroad. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 4000 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (140 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has gray eyes and a black hat with a grey feather.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1300 pp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (20 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (20 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (140 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (140 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp).

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her red hair is wavy and long. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker white hat.

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 is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 400 pp. Azurite (15 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). Black star sapphire (1300 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Amber (60 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She is baby faced.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is content; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Mentor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 7000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears tattered old clothes. She has done her best to style her silver hair to look like a famous performer. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was born in a small mountains village. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. 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; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 7000 gp. Citrine (20 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.