Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. A true patriot, Dain would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. While he appears to be a normal Dwarf, 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. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 6000 gp. Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (10 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (10 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). A small bag of saffron. (10 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (10 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She keeps her brown hair in a flapper bob. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. 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 now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she is greedy

Flaws: Greedy, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (160 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. He carries with him a set of greatswords on his belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. His white hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Igden was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Has a crush, Military. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 7000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (10 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 5'2" and muscular, this western woman wears tattered old clothes. Her white hair is wavy and long. Her eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Shava lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 8000 gp. Banded agate (15 gp). Jade (160 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Jet (160 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp).

Description: A 2'10" northern woman, she typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep red leather and dull white iron scale mail. Her auburn hair is knotted and matted. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her green eyes.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. 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, Blossom is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. Her parents enrolled her in a Druid school at a young age so that she could practice her divine talents. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Persistence, Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 11000 gp. Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Azurite (5 gp).

Description: This man wears professional attire. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Thrak was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 9000 gp. Iolite (70 gp). Coral (120 gp). Amber (120 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Hematite (8 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his amber eyes.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 9000 gp. Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Amber (40 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp).