Description: This late middle aged woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it and is in decent physical shape. She has shaved her head bald. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Fortune-teller work with an outfit from a few towns over. Fortune-teller work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2800 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She wears her white hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her skin is flawless and her violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. A true patriot, Theirastra would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 2000 gp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (100 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Azdûsh was born with his mother's beautiful face. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Azdûsh fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1200 pp. Fire opal (1600 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Amber (140 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Jet (140 gp). Jade (140 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He dresses well, wearing green shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His black hair is knotted and matted. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 3000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 6'2" and muscular, this northern man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His scarlet crest is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 10000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (40 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (10 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2700 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (40 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a black deerstalker hat and black clothes. She wears her blonde hair down. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. 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: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it; and her religion dominates her actions

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 8000 gp. Rock crystal (30 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Smoky quartz (30 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.

Description: This southern man tends to wear a large grey jacket. His clothes are grease stained in places. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. 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: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Dalgal was born on a far southern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Mercenary. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

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

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 5000 gp. Star ruby (1500 gp). Moonstone (20 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.