Description: She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt, and carries sais. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born in the west. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 4000 gp. Alexandrite (700 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Jade (150 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Star ruby (600 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Brown diamond (4000 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Jet (150 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Black opal (600 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is typically in his Beggar uniform. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. His eyes are red and beady.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born in the west to a Beggar, Pelaios learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His childhood dream was to be a Fletcher, but he was a colossal failure. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and expand his business

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (160 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (10 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp).

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She dresses well, wearing tan shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She has wavy brown hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Pyntle was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Secretive, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 6000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (10000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He uses divination through singing.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Guardian, Rich. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Rose (20 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Jet (40 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Black star sapphire (1400 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Amber (40 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her blonde hair is heavily combed to the right. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is mildly Human supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the south were limited. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 12000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Coral (90 gp). White opal (1300 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Jet (90 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She wears her chestnut hair down. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Sarai was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Sarai and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 4000 gp. Moss agate (16 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Jet (110 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She stands about 6'1" and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her red crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. As a young child she wandered into the woods despite her father's warnings against it. Afterwards she claimed she had encountered gnolls who tried to eat her hand. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 4000 gp. Tourmaline (130 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Zircon (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.