Description: This man is very fat, and likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy silver hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Frug was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Miller. He's also a talented Priest, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Expand his business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 400 pp. Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Clear bright green emerald (4000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Black opal (900 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Black opal (900 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Quick hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. As a young child she wandered into the woods despite her mother's warnings against it. Afterwards she claimed she had encountered dire rats who tried to eat her hand. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature glaive.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and obtaining odd cultural dwarven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 7000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (40 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1800 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (100 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (40 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2600 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (100 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (5000 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His bronze crest is knotted and matted. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Bricklayer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1200 pp. Bloodstone (70 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp).

Description: She is typically in her Fletcher uniform. She carries a battered sai and tarnished bastard sword as well. Her red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her ears are large.

Personality: Balifra hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her dancing career. She uses divination through singing.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents enrolled her in a Druid school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. She tends to her Fletcher job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1000 pp. Rock crystal (40 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Amber (120 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). White opal (600 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Coral (120 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright violet and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His hair is long and white with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small violet clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 8000 gp. Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Coral (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her blonde hair is wavy and long. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her parents enrolled her in a Druid school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. During her travels, Vorka and her party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Vorka discovered the rest of her party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Vorka fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing her own horrible transformation.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 6000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (90 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (120 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his sword with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He is physically well-built. He keeps his red hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is obsessed with his god.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Slave, Guardian, Adventurer. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1100 pp. Alexandrite (1100 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.