Description: She is scrawny and has patchy red crest. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She has a hunchback. Her crest is red and curly. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. After coming to the age of reason, Gesrethe took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 12000 gp. Black star sapphire (1500 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Iolite (80 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Emerald (1500 gp). Blue star sapphire (1500 gp). Blue sapphire (1500 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Sard (80 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Rose (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Star ruby (1500 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 3'2". She is renowned for her bright blue dresses and hats. Her golden hair is lengthy. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. Abalaba is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Gifted from a young age, Abalaba studied abroad. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She is content; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 11000 gp. White pearl (60 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Jade (60 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears an entirely brown suit with yellow socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She keeps her yellow fur in a pixie cut. Her yellow eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Gifted from a young age, Sweet studied abroad. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Miller

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Chrysoprase (20 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears dull blue sweaters, loose pastel pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed glaive, just in case. She has shaved her head bald. Her ears are large.

Personality: She hates Gnomes with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Ranala hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Orc people; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1900 pp. Sard (30 gp). Jet (90 gp). Rose (30 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a green costume with the symbols of death on her torso. Her copper crest is knotted and matted. Her eyes are red and beady.

Personality: She is a Bowyer first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is an amazing painter.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She worked as a nervous Bowyer and found it very stressful. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and balancing her hectic life and new bowyer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Guardian. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 400 pp. Obsidian (5 gp). Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man wears a tight fitting green shirt and pants and is in decent physical shape. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Joker, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 12000 gp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (90 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (80 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2900 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp).

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. He carries a battered mace and tarnished quarterstaff as well. His golden hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: Ratak was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Ratak alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ratak fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 6000 gp. Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (150 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (40 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (150 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (40 gp).