Description: He is lean but muscular and dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with green slacks. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are silver and beady.

Personality: Qemuel hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A freak accident while working with his Performer mother left him crippled. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Artistic, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a white tunic with green highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has dyed her greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: She is a Architect first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has worked as a Architect like her father before her.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Military, Religious. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1000 pp. Emerald (1000 gp). Moss agate (8 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man is wearing a long, pastel, dusty cloak. He wears a colorful flower in his brown fur. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the west. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and to protect his home

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1300 pp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (120 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has a long auburn ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. Through the years after Ahinar was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Ahinar's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Ahinar and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 300 pp. Black star sapphire (700 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Tiefling, and stands approximately 6'0". He is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, green shirt, and violet tie, and his gloved hand is found clutching a warhammer. He wears his red hair down. His silver eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the south. A gifted student he started as a Locksmith, but he got bored and became a Tanner. He became a Tanner soon after.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Flaws: Addict, Depressed. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 8000 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (80 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (80 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (80 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a robe, a symbol of magic around her neck, and a club on her belt. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was granted druidic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Disease. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 9000 gp. Zircon (60 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Rose (60 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Black opal (1100 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Jet (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'1" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He prefers to wear flannel. His brown hair is matted, messy, and big. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. A true patriot, John would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. After a long history of fighting, John and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Religious. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 11000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (150 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).