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 wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Elaim was born on a far southern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Laborer. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Laborer and was forced into it by his family; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 8000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (170 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (170 gp). Silver ewer (20 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She has a hunchback. Her chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Shy, Antagonistic. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 17000 gp. Canary diamond (6000 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His scarlet crest is matted, messy, and big. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 85. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty violet coat over it. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his dagger, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Cartwright. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 5000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (30 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (30 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (30 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (30 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (30 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Elves. Her skin is dark but she possesses many red ritualistic tattoos. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around her ears. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Terse, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 9000 gp. Amber (120 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Black opal (1500 gp). Iolite (70 gp). White opal (1500 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp).

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She is an epitome of beauty. Her hair is long and brown with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small red clips. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Armorer who has hired her part-time. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Lidda was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Lidda liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She bought a spear and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire.

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Military, Nature. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1100 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (90 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (90 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (60 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears bulky black painted plate armor. Her hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Selfish, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 300 pp. Bloodstone (20 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Coral (60 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp).