Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears professional attire. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Born in the north to a Butcher, Smoking learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has worked as a Butcher like her mother before her.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a assassin again

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1900 pp. Hematite (11 gp). Amber (110 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). White opal (1300 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her golden hair, when down, is lengthy. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed blue hat.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Stylist business.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. 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: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (160 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (160 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (160 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Sporting a auburn mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. 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 was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1200 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1300 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (40 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze and is in decent physical shape. His rusty crest, when down, is lengthy. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Sage. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 300 pp. Chalcedony (80 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). White opal (1100 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Sard (80 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Rose (80 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Peridot (80 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has done his best to style his red hair to look like a famous performer. This blue eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. 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: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. After a long history of fighting, Travok and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 6000 gp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and brown handkerchief worn on his right side, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'2" when asserting himself. He wears his white hair down. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. A true patriot, Zook would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

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. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Athletic. Bonds: Military, Enemies. Occupation: Spy

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (9000 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (70 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (70 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (30 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a red tunic with yellow highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has styled his chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Job, Military, Has a crush. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1000 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (180 gp).