Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she prefers to wear flannel. Her bronze crest is singed and shortened. Her eyes are likewise red. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 800 pp. Smoky quartz (30 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Blue sapphire (600 gp). Black opal (600 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp).

Description: He wears dull brown sweaters, loose red pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed club, just in case, and carries clubs. His fur, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Scribe profession.

History: Born to a Scribe, his mother struggled to pay the bills. A gifted student he started as a Scribe, but he got bored and became a Mayor. 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. Art fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To be a Scribe again; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 3000 gp. Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Blue star sapphire (1200 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Amber (160 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Rose (20 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Coral (160 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Banded agate (11 gp).

Description: She wears a black collared shirt and brown skirt. She accessorizes with a violet scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She is portly but not overly obese. She has moderate length white hair. Her eyes are white and beady.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Uzza is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. 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 Barber. She has achieved small success as a Barber.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a blue shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and green pants, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'2" when asserting herself. She has done her best to style her blonde hair to look like a famous performer. Her skin is flawless and her gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In her 17th year, her parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Pyntle alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many giants want her driven away.

Flaws: Shy, Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He carries with him a set of swords on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He hates Elves with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Racist, Antagonistic, Disease. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a grey vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his grey boots flare out at the collars. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Animal Trainer but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Optimist, Pacifist. Bonds: Nature, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1000 pp. Blue quartz (7 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Rose (50 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Citrine (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has shaved his head bald. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the south. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Adelard alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 7000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.