Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull green iron scale mail. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His white hair is greasy and uncared for. He wears large thick round spectacles.

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: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the south. 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. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Opinionated, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 12000 gp. Azurite (16 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Malachite (16 gp). White opal (1200 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Jet (150 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Therlin isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Dwarven unity. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Born in the east to a Blacksmith, Therlin learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. 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 Blacksmith. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 4000 gp. Sard (70 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Coral (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Amber (50 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Malachite (14 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is dressed in earthy colors with a red and yellow handkerchief worn on her right side, and is pretty ugly. She has shaved her head bald. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the east were limited. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and a deep hatred of brigands

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Onyx (70 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). White opal (1000 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear white clothing when she does not wear armor. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her tied-back hair is golden. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Alain 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. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Expand her business; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Poor, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. Banded agate (12 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Rose (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Blue star sapphire (1300 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she tends to wear a red poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt, and is pretty ugly. Her blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Gifted from a young age, Philomena studied abroad. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC.

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Actor

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

Possessions: 600 pp. A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (60 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (60 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (90 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.

Description: She stands about 5'6" and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her long purple hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Through the years after Markosian was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Markosian's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 5000 gp. Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. He wears a colorful flower in his orange fur. He has a dull look in his copper eyes.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered west to less war torn lands. He struck the Blacksmith job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Mundane, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Banded agate (15 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). Iolite (80 gp).