Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He carries a battered scimitar and tarnished monstrous two handed axe as well. His hair is short and chestnut. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Merchant and was forced into it by his family; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Nature, Family, Slave. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 300 pp. Solid gold idol (500 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (150 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (80 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman wears light armors faded through time and improper care, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has no hair. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Callie and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 10000 gp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He has moderate length auburn hair. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker violet hat.

Personality: He is mildly Half-Elf supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. Charles abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has dedicated himself to building a better world.

Motivation: Tabaxi compassion; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 4000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (130 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (130 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (130 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a fancy black suit. He carries a battered shield and tarnished crossbow as well. He has moderate length white crest. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Quarethon hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Quarethon fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1000 pp. Violet garnet (1400 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Sard (20 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Zircon (20 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: This woman typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull grey iron scale mail. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on her left hand. Her head has been shaved. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Shepherd. She became a Shepherd soon after.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 10000 gp. Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Blue sapphire (500 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Black star sapphire (500 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He tends to wear a tan poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His long blonde hair reaches down to his waist. His ears are large.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. 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: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 500 pp. Eye agate (11 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Jet (120 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Golden pearl (120 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Jade (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is typically in his Butcher uniform. His blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. 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 loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born in a small island village. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Butcher. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 3 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a mason again

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Insomniac, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 7000 gp. Smoky quartz (40 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Emerald (800 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Emerald (800 gp). White pearl (100 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp).