Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length black hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 6000 gp. A small bag of saffron. (40 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (40 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears long strands of amethyst and short tan dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His black hair is braided into rings. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: Zook hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: Zook was born the youngest of three triplets. A gifted student he started as a Glassblower, but he got bored and became a Barkeep. He has worked as a Barkeep like his mother before him.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Barkeep and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Family, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 12000 gp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (80 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (80 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. Her orange fur is knotted and matted. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She takes great joy in being the best Blacksmith in town.

History: Gifted from a young age, Right-Handed studied abroad. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and expand her business

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 800 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He likes to wear violet tank tops with brown pants. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He's also a talented Stableman, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Slave Trader responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 3000 gp. Emerald (800 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A 3'9" northern woman, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her golden hair is thinning but still full. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Sailor who has hired her part-time. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. In her 13th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Dyer they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Sailor, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and to reunite with her absent mother

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Has a crush, Military, Family, Slave. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 4000 gp. Rose (80 gp). Jade (100 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Jet (100 gp). Rose (80 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her red eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson black hat.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. Tatyan 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: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Obsidian (9 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears light armors faded through time and improper care and is in decent physical shape. With wild chestnut hair. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Oriel is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Oriel has worked very hard to control her curse. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1200 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Silver ewer (100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (100 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1000 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 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.