Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, marred by beers. His black hair is braided into rings. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with singing. He constantly tries to fill his life with singing. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Black opal (800 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Rose (50 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). White pearl (130 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a green shirt, with a grey mid length skirt with grey tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She wears her chestnut hair up. Her white eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. During her travels, Ishte and her party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Ishte discovered the rest of her party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Ishte fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing her own horrible transformation.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 5000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears just a grey suit. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 5000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his sai, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. His black fur is smooth and relatively long. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Flaws: Disease, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Family, Attractive. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 3000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (30 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (170 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. While he appears to be a normal Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Assassin for the past few years.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and obtaining odd cultural dwarven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (100 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (140 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She has wavy black hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Passionate, Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 6000 gp. Azurite (6 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Jade (70 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Rose (70 gp). Zircon (70 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. She dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a yellow coat with violet slacks, marred by sweets. She keeps her brown hair in a flapper bob. She has violet eyes.

Personality: Merla speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 300 pp. 1 Medium magic item.