Description: He is a mite stocky and is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Through the years after Thorin was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Thorin's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 12000 gp. Black pearl (400 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Jet (150 gp). Blue star sapphire (700 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Emerald (700 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Black opal (700 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His green crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. This gold eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

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 has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Emotional, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 10000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his crossbow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His red hair is long and unkept. His white eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He takes great joy in being the best Interpreter in town.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 500 pp. Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Blue sapphire (600 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Sard (30 gp). Fire opal (600 gp). Jet (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. 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: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Military, In love. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (140 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2600 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (10 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp).

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 3'2". She dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a green coat with black slacks, and her gloved hand is found clutching a crossbow. Her moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is a Bellfounder first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. In the meantime she has taken over work as a Bellfounder and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Hedonist, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 2000 gp. Peridot (20 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a tight fitting pastel shirt and pants. She has done her best to style her beige fur to look like a famous performer. She wears a mask on her face.

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

History: Shivering was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 12000 gp. Alexandrite (1600 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Jet (60 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Fire opal (1500 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Pink diamond (2000 gp).

Description: This man wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his left hand. His black hair is thinning but still full. His white eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Merihim is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. Through the years after Merihim was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Merihim's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he is greedy

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Azurite (14 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp).