Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are gold.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Nirgel was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Extrovert. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 4000 gp. Onyx (70 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Black star sapphire (1400 gp). White opal (1400 gp). Blue sapphire (1400 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Jet (140 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Red garnet (140 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs, and is pretty ugly. She has no hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. The war was a terrible time for her, and Murgen does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Religious. Occupation: Barber

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Banded agate (4 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp).

Description: This man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his left hand. He has wavy green crest. His eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Pijjirik was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 200 pp. A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears silk and lounges about seductively. His crest, while still mostly scarlet, has prominent grey streaks. His red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. 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's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (20 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1700 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 5'5" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with white colored cloaks and clothing. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He got into the Bowyer business at a young age. Bûbol was born on a far western plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Bowyer. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Bowyer for hire.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and expand his business

Flaws: Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1400 pp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (150 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (150 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). A small bag of saffron. (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp).

Description: He very much looks the part of a Blacksmith. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He has a very tight haircut. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He hates Elves with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 7000 gp. Blue quartz (7 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Sard (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Jet (70 gp). Rose (50 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp).

Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She carries a battered warhammer and tarnished flail as well. Her blonde hair is knotted and matted. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Mayor. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Mayor. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and doesn't want to be a mayor and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 400 pp. Tourmaline (80 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). White opal (900 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 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.