Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He carries a battered longsword and tarnished trident as well. His long bronze crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Kerkad hails from a village terrorized by illithids. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 6000 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (180 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She is typically in her Seamstress uniform. Her auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She found a children's book about a Dwarf Druid who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Seamstress for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand her business

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Job, In love, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1000 pp. Black star sapphire (500 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). White opal (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around his ears. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his top black hat.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp).

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He is dressed in an above average manner. He is an epitome of beauty. His auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Theriatis grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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, Theriatis and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Philantrophist, Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 800 pp. Red spinel (130 gp). Rose (60 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Rose (60 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp).

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her dagger, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. Her long white hair reaches down to her waist. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Barrister who has hired her part-time. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Gorga grew up listening to her father's many stories. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father.

Bonds: Has a crush, Family, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 300 pp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (60 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (60 gp).

Description: He wears blue robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a nunchaku, but if one is not available he will default to his scythe. His silver hair is still thick. His green eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed blue hat.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He became a Unemployed soon after.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Unemployed responsibilities is difficult; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 500 pp. Eye agate (8 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). White opal (800 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). White pearl (90 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He sports tan clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His tied-back hair is auburn. He wears a mask on his face.

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. 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, Heian is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1200 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1800 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (70 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2900 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (70 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.