Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He wears a colorful flower in his golden hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Paelias fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 3000 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (30 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (80 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (30 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (30 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp).

Description: He wears a simple grey robe with black stripes complete with hood, and carries crossbows. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Raymond was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 2000 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (160 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He very much looks the part of a Butcher. His crest is green and very short. His red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Half-Orc culture. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Bharash hails from a village terrorized by giants. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

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

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Racist, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 500 pp. Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Rose (60 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Amber (90 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Rose (60 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Jet (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is typically in his Banker uniform. His black hair is singed and shortened. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Expand his business; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 4000 gp. Banded agate (12 gp). Amber (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Hematite (12 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Amber (60 gp). Blue sapphire (900 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Blacksmith. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 11000 gp. Peridot (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Sard (80 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp).

Description: She wears pastel trousers with tan and blue striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She carries a battered crossbow and tarnished quarterstaff as well. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She works hard and plays hard.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Seven fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 700 pp. Eye agate (6 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Jade (100 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Gardener business.

History: Lilith hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. In her 20th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 12000 gp.