Description: This younger middle-aged man sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. Some 5 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Xappan never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Religious, Slave, Debt. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 19000 gp. Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (70 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively, and he perpetually has his monstrous two handed axe ready. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Half-Elven culture. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born in the east to a Engraver, Theobald learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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 was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Emerald (700 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). White pearl (130 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is very fat, 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 hair is long and white with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small red clips. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In her 17th year, her parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Trym alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Rock crystal (50 gp). White opal (600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Jade (120 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Blue sapphire (600 gp). Amber (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This southern woman wears suspenders and black workpants. Her shirt is blue, and she wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her chestnut hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. Her half smiles and red eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Born to a Cartwright, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the south were limited. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 6000 gp. Alexandrite (1500 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Black opal (900 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Amber (140 gp). Onyx (80 gp). White opal (900 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Amber (140 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Sard (80 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp).

Description: He wears a white shirt, with a pastel mid length shorts with pastel tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his falchion, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. His hair is blonde and very short. He has violet eyes.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Rich, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 500 pp. Peridot (70 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Jet (150 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Peridot (70 gp). White opal (1300 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Amber (150 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Black opal (1300 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Blue star sapphire (1300 gp). Coral (150 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Obsidian (6 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned female is dressed in an above average manner. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Oda is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Oda has worked very hard to control her curse. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Sensitive, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 4000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 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 (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. With bright golden hair. Her eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Baggi was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1400 pp. Eye agate (14 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Blue sapphire (500 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Peridot (70 gp).