Description: This dark-skinned female is renowned for her bright red dresses and hats. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her hair is short and blonde. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Carter business.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. Alain was born on a far western island where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Carter. After a long history of fighting, Alain and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and she desires to right it; and revenge

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 700 pp. Blue sapphire (1300 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Brown diamond (8000 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Canary diamond (8000 gp). Jet (130 gp). Zircon (50 gp). White opal (1300 gp). Sard (50 gp).

Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His rusty crest is knotted and matted. His eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

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. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

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

Ideals: Professionalism, Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 800 pp. Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). Gold and ruby ring (8000 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She has all her life been fascinated with dancing.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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 knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 9000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a white vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his white boots flare out at the collars. He wears his white hair up. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and expand his business

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1000 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (90 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (80 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'4". He wears a yellow armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Balimaar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Bonds: Rich, Job, In love, Mentor. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Hematite (16 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Jet (120 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Rose (70 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Banded agate (16 gp).

Description: He wears a blue coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon his head, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'2" when asserting himself. His silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson blue hat.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Glim hails from a village terrorized by drow. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the north were limited. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by drow. Glim was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things.

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Canary diamond (4000 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Black opal (1100 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Jade (130 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears a grey Stetson hat and grey clothes. He has dyed his greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Olunt hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Gifted from a young age, Olunt studied abroad. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 11000 gp. Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1600 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Blue sapphire (1600 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). Sard (60 gp). Amber (60 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.