Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his hammer with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His tied-back hair is brown. His gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

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. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1000 gp. Chrysoprase (30 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Jade (150 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp).

Description: She wears a red armored body suit, with a simple white line shooting up and back down. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She wears her black hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Bella grew up listening to her father's many stories. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Impulsive, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Bather

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Onyx (80 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Hematite (5 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. His ears are large.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His parents enrolled him in a Druid school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to protect his home

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 11000 gp. Obsidian (10 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). White opal (1600 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp).

Description: He is renowned for his bright red suits and hats. He carries a battered whip and tarnished falchion as well. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length golden hair. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: This man loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Gifted from a young age, Halander studied abroad. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1000 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (180 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (180 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She wears her red hair up. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Fighting, Entrepeneur. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 400 pp. A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (60 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a brown shirt, with a green mid length skirt with green tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 10000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2300 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (40 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (20 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (20 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2300 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: This woman wears an entirely tan suit with violet socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on her left hand. She is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around her ears. This gray eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1200 pp. Golden pearl (100 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Black opal (1200 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Rich purple corundum (1200 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp).