Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She dresses like a well dressed Armorer does. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To be a Bricklayer again; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, In love, Nature. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 3000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 2000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 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. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured and is in decent physical shape. His white hair is lengthy. His eyes are amber.

Personality: Thoradin hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dwarves.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Racist, Insane. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 12000 gp. Tourmaline (90 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Sard (50 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Jade (90 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Sard (50 gp). Fire opal (1100 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Emerald (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Iolite (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: With red face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Mortician. His crest is cut close to his head. His ears are large.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 7000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 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 (100 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man wears long strands of amethyst and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths and is in decent physical shape. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is golden, braided, and well cared for. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: He is a Bellfounder first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Nature. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 11000 gp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, William is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. William fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1900 pp. Deep green spinel (50 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Amber (50 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Sard (30 gp). Jet (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his pickaxe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He keeps his auburn hair in a pixie cut. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Gildmak isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the island to a summer home near a old dungeon. He would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the island due to the painful memories there. Gildmak took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up pickaxe and armor he uses now. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (160 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (160 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (160 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp). 1 Major magic item.