Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. He has a very tight haircut. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: This man loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 8000 gp. Black pearl (1500 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Blue star sapphire (1500 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Jasper (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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her auburn hair is knotted and matted. Her half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Yvonne is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She got into the Cartwright business at a young age. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (20 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (130 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1800 gp).

Description: She stands about 4'10" and is typically in her Mercenary uniform. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She sports white long hair. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She works hard and plays hard.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. A gifted student she started as a Sculptor, but she got bored and became a Mercenary. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing her hectic life and new mercenary responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 700 pp. Jet (160 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Coral (160 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Star ruby (400 gp). White pearl (160 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Sard (50 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Emerald (400 gp). Fire opal (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She has done her best to style her red hair to look like a famous performer. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. 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 tends to her Sage job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 500 pp. Moss agate (14 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a tight fitting violet shirt and pants. He has shaved his head bald. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He has all his life been fascinated with painting.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Guardian, Rich. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (170 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A 6'8" southern woman, she wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. Her crest is copper, silky, and of moderate length. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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 has never given up on her dancing dream.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and a strong sense of loyalty to half-orc people

Ideals: Passionate, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 3000 gp. Azurite (12 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Amber (130 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Jet (130 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Coral (130 gp). Jet (130 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, and he perpetually has his sickle ready. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. A gifted student he started as a Gardener, but he got bored and became a Mercenary. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to be a gardener again

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1100 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1500 gp). Emerald (1500 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 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.