Description: She is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. She wears a tan costume with the symbols of luck on her torso. She has a hunchback. Her golden hair is well kept. This blue eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

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. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she wants to get laid

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Poor. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Black pearl (500 gp). Star ruby (1500 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Blue star sapphire (1500 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). White opal (1500 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Blue diamond (3000 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Blue diamond (3000 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 600 pp. Malachite (8 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Jet (150 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Jet (150 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Eye agate (8 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his ceremonial dagger with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Rolf lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 5000 gp. Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). Peridot (80 gp). White opal (1000 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Coral (70 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a fancy blue dress. Her moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Nissa hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Nissa hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Doctor work with an outfit from a few towns over. Doctor work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Doctor for hire.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and many dire rats want her driven away

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job, Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (180 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (70 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (180 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (180 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (180 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (180 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears a green vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His grey leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his green boots flare out at the collars. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has no hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. 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, Nirgel is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He bought a hammer and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Nature. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1800 pp. Amethyst (140 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a brown costume with the symbols of luck on her torso. Her blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Performer. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 600 pp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (110 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (50 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (110 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears just a blue suit. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Layabout. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He worked as a nervous Layabout and found it very stressful. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Banded agate (9 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Jasper (30 gp).