Description: He is in excellent shape and is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, black shirt, and tan tie. He wears his silver hair up. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Blue quartz (5 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Black pearl (800 gp).

Description: He wears a tan armored body suit, with a simple blue line shooting up and back down. His red hair is lengthy. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a great chef.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Zook was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Rich purple corundum (1200 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). White opal (1200 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Rose (70 gp). Sard (70 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. He has moderate length orange fur. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. 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: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Pacifist, Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 300 pp. White pearl (150 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears baggy blue pantaloons and a brown scarf. She wears her white hair down. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is mildly Elf supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Arara hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. 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: A deep hatred of illithids.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 6000 gp. Jasper (30 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Rose (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Jet (100 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Coral (100 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.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He sports a long golden beard, and similarly colored long hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is mildly Human supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents enrolled him in a Druid school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. After a long history of fighting, Bertram and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Elven people; and elven compassion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 2000 pp. Golden pearl (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Black star sapphire (1500 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). White pearl (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with white colored cloaks and clothing, and carries ceremonial daggers. His golden hair is long and unkept. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. When Ishmoz reached his early adolescence his Half-Orc mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She very much looks the part of a Bowyer. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her feathered red hat.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Bowyer. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Philomena was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Bowyer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Bowyer work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and expand her business

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Job, Slave, Rich. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 6000 gp. A silver and pearl hairclip (10 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (160 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp).