Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears bulky brown painted plate armor. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Born in the east to a Spice Merchant, Nuraval learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His childhood dream was to be a Merchant, but he was a colossal failure. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 3000 gp. Blue quartz (5 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a grey shirt, with a red mid length skirt with red tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Stableman business.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Eloise 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 spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand her business

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. Her long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Riswynn embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Shepherd but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Riswynn was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Druid, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Druid in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the east were limited. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature axe.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1200 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (600 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (50 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 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: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. While he appears to be a normal Half-Orc, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 12000 gp. Clear bright green emerald (7000 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). White opal (500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a worn and beaten armor. She has a long black ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Performer profession.

History: Vorka was raised in a hard working conservative environment. While she appears to be a normal Half-Orc, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1000 gp. Black pearl (500 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Coral (160 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Brown diamond (8000 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Moss agate (12 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a blue vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her blue boots flare out at the collars. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She got into the Fisher business at a young age. Arara abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Joker, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She wears a colorful flower in her silver hair. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Adelaide hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Many gnolls want her driven away; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 600 pp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.