Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born in the west. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He is greedy; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 6000 gp. Alexandrite (1500 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). Canary diamond (7000 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a simple tan robe with white stripes complete with hood. Her hair is chestnut and very short. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Valanthe hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and many gnolls want her driven away

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 3000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her red hair is heavily combed to the left. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Half-Orc culture. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Panana has worked very hard to control her curse. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Half-Orc compassion.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Jade (40 gp). Jet (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Coral (40 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Jade (40 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Iolite (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Shipwright who has hired her part-time. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She bought a rapier and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and she would like to get married and retire

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 3'5". He dresses well, wearing tan shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His blonde hair is cut short. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He uses divination through singing.

History: Anverth was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Druid, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Druid in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Merchant. He tends to his Merchant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 16000 gp. Bloodstone (30 gp). Black opal (1600 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp).

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. She carries with her a set of falchions on her belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. Her hair is short and blonde. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

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. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 11000 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (70 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (60 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (60 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Olunt wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Druid, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp).