Description: He is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. He wears a brown coat over a red low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. He has a hunchback. His auburn hair is knotted and matted. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He took after his mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his mother taught him to defend himself. When his mother died while fighting drow, the young Tordek began to lead the lost caravan. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by drow. Tordek was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 9000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (40 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. Her hair is blue and curly. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Gomory lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Azurite (15 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Jade (160 gp). Coral (160 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Coral (160 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is dressed in earthy colors with a red and blue handkerchief worn on his left side. His tied-back hair is silver. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He became a Architect soon after.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 700 pp. Chrysoprase (50 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He tends to wear a large tan jacket. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy, Shy. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 6000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (50 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (50 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (60 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her red crest, when down, is lengthy. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady red eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: The child of a Beggar, who enjoyed hunting, Surina was taken on many hunting expeditions. A gifted student she started as a Beggar, but she got bored and became a Jeweler. She's also a talented Beggar, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family, Nature. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 20000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (20 gp). Gold and ruby ring (10000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a yellow vest and prefers black and white shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Sporting a silver mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Tiaathque was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

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

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Secretive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 19000 gp. Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'3" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her nunchaku with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Sutha embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Orcs. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Sutha was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She was granted druidic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Iolite (70 gp). White pearl (100 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Black opal (700 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp).