Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She carries with her a set of shortspears on her belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. Her brown hair is heavily combed to the right. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was born in a small forest village. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Halflings in Portia's homeland. Portia decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 3000 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (80 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her hair is purple and very short. Her red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She is an amazing painter.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. When Criella reached her early adolescence her Tiefling mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She was granted divine powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Military, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 2000 gp. Silver pearl (150 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a white feathered hat and white clothes. His blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Howard hails from a village terrorized by orcs. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Justice, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 800 pp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1400 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (10 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (10 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (60 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (60 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears suspenders and white workpants. His shirt is blue, and he wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Gûndza lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. 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: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and doesn't want to be a blacksmith and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 6000 gp. Red garnet (140 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her blue crest is heavily combed to the left. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 2000 gp. Banded agate (5 gp). Rose (30 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Coral (60 gp). Black opal (1000 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Jet (60 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Sard (30 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Jet (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp).

Description: She wears bulky black painted plate armor. She is physically well-built. Her scarlet crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dragonborns.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Shy, Racist, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 10000 gp. Chalcedony (30 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Coral (130 gp). Jade (130 gp). Rose (30 gp). Coral (130 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her white hair is smooth and relatively long. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. 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. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 3000 gp. Zircon (30 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Jade (110 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.