Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His hair is cut close to his head. His black eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Melech is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing dancing.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs.

Ideals: Extrovert, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1500 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man wears a white collared shirt and black pants. He accessorizes with a white scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Vlorn isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Halfling companion (his 'brother'). He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 7000 gp. Alexandrite (800 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp). Sard (50 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Jade (150 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Emerald (1300 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This late middle aged woman dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with green slacks and is in decent physical shape. She wears her red hair up. She has white eyes.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Gardener and was forced into it by her family; and money/treasure

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic, Fighting. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1600 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (70 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (70 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (70 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (70 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized yellow coat. His chestnut hair is cut short. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. 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, Thervan is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born into a rich family. 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 made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1200 pp. Iolite (70 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). White opal (400 gp). Sard (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Coral (60 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She has done her best to style her blonde hair to look like a famous performer. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and wants her loneliness to end

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 10000 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1500 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (120 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (120 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (120 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (120 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (120 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2100 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (20 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (120 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears suspenders and black workpants. Her shirt is green, and she wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. Her red hair is knotted and matted. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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 routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 800 pp. Black opal (400 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Jet (160 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Sard (30 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Star ruby (400 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Black opal (400 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She keeps her white hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 900 pp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (30 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (50 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.