Description: He stands about 6'3" and wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His white crest is smooth and relatively long. His gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. Gargax enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His childhood dream was to be a Unemployed, but he was a colossal failure. He has worked as a Seamstress like his mother before him.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 10000 gp. Sard (30 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a grey coat over a yellow low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His white hair is heavily combed to the right. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. Through the years after Odo was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Odo's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

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

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 500 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (20 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (130 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (130 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (20 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Standing 4'7", this woman has a large violet mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her green robe. Her red hair, when down, is lengthy. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She got into the Servant business at a young age. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (180 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp).

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. A gifted student she started as a Herbalist, but she got bored and became a Courier. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 15000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Amber (40 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Coral (40 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Clear bright green emerald (3000 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: A 5'4" eastern man, he wears baggy brown pantaloons and a pastel scarf. He has wavy lavender fur. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tabaxis became a terror of the countryside. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 6000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2600 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is wearing a long, brown cloak. He has a very tight haircut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. The war was a terrible time for him, and Jocelyn does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. 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. He's also a talented Sellsword, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To be a Sellsword again; and a deep hatred of orcs

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Family, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 600 pp. Black pearl (800 gp). Amber (100 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). White pearl (100 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Star ruby (1000 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He wears his auburn hair up. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. 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 Stableman. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Job, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 12000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Gold and ruby ring (11000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (90 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (90 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (90 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.