Description: This northern man tends to wear a pastel poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His clothes are grease stained in places. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the north. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Bricklayer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 600 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (130 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (130 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (130 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (130 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears an entirely yellow suit with green socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She wears a colorful flower in her silver hair. She has gray eyes and a yellow hat with a green feather.

Personality: Griselda hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her singing career. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Bookbinder but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her parents enrolled her in a Druid school at a young age so that she could practice her arcane talents. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Artistic, Pacifist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 5000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears professional attire. His silver hair is thinning but still full. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Mindartis was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Healer they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Spice Merchant, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 900 pp. A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (160 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 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. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 4'11" and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with violet lining and desert motifs. Her head has been shaved. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Elven companion (her 'brother'). In the meantime she has taken over work as a Apothecary and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 4000 gp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (60 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'7" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. His brown fur is unkempt and raggedy. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Three alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 4000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (180 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (180 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (180 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (180 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (3000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (40 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (3000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (180 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears suspenders and grey workpants. His shirt is violet, and he wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. His silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She stands about 6'0" and wears brown trousers with black and yellow striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She keeps her long white hair kept up in a rat tail. Her green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes drow are coming to abduct people. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was born in a small island village. After coming to the age of reason, Joan took it upon herself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.