Description: 3'11" and muscular, this southern man is dressed in an above average manner. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Barendd was born with his father's beautiful face. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 7000 gp. Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Fire opal (800 gp). Jade (40 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Azurite (15 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: She is wearing a long, black cloak. She is physically well-built. Her green crest is greasy and uncared for. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She was born in the north. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Violet garnet (300 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). White pearl (130 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He typically wears pastel cloth garments or leather armor. His white fur is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are likewise yellow. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: The child of a Knight, who enjoyed hunting, Left-Handed was taken on many hunting expeditions. His childhood dream was to be a Knight, but he was a colossal failure. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Layabout for hire.

Motivation: To be a Knight again; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. She wears her chestnut hair up. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Stableman arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She tends to her Stableman job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 5000 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is typically in his Gardener uniform. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small tan clips. His beard is silver, braided, and well cared for. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature kukri.

Motivation: To be a Jeweler again; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 6000 gp. Violet garnet (1400 gp). Coral (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Jade (70 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp). Carnelian (40 gp).

Description: She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She wears a top hat to cover her moderate length white hair. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her top yellow hat.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Katherine lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Gnomish companion (her 'brother'). She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 700 pp. A roughly beaten golden orb (180 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 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 (20 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.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born in the east. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He wants revenge against orcs; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (150 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (150 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). A small bag of saffron. (50 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (150 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2000 gp).