Description: A plain young-adult woman, she has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her grey robe. Her auburn hair is singed and shortened. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born into a rich family. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Job, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Server

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1000 pp. Malachite (15 gp). Sard (30 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Rose (30 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Coral (130 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Coral (130 gp). Zircon (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Bookbinder but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born in the north to a Bookbinder, Riardon learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Bookbinder. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Pacifist, Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 10000 gp. Eye agate (5 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a tan shirt, with a blue mid length shorts with blue tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'8" when asserting himself. His white hair has been sun bleached extensively. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Miner for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Butcher again.

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Nature, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Azurite (15 gp). Amber (100 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp).

Description: 6'7" and muscular, this eastern man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing pastel cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. His fur is short and gray. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Nimble grew up listening to his father's many stories. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 3000 gp.

Description: He wears a grey coat over a black 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 4'0" when asserting himself. His hair is long and brown with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is chestnut, braided, and well cared for. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson grey hat.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. The war was a terrible time for him, and Tordek does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Born in the north to a Bricklayer, Tordek learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Dwarven conditions. He struck the Bricklayer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Depressed, Racist. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 700 pp. Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Coral (90 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Black pearl (900 gp).

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a tight fitting red shirt and pants. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her hair is cut close to her head. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Vani grew up listening to her mother's many stories. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 700 pp. Red garnet (70 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Sard (70 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). White opal (700 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. He is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering his clean studded leather. He has a hunchback. His hair is long and auburn with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small blue clips. His beard is chestnut, braided, and well cared for. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. 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, Arannis is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. 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 brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Arannis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Joker, Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 5000 gp. Sard (70 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). Amber (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp).