Description: An older man who wears a tan shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and black pants, he is not a threatening figure. His auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Mason arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 4000 gp. Aquamarine (400 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp). Sard (50 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Rose (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Rose (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

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. His brown hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. 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: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he's in love

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Optimist, Artistic, Persistence. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 4000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (30 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (30 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. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her hair is short and brown. Her eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Dwarven activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Dwarven doctor. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: Dwarven compassion.

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic. Flaws: Forgetful, Racist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 18000 gp. Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (30 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (60 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (60 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 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). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (60 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (30 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His hair is long and chestnut with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small white clips. His beard is silver, braided, and well cared for. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 3000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (150 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (150 gp).

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady hazel eyes.

Personality: She hates orcs. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Through the years after Abalaba was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Abalaba's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she wants revenge against orcs

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 10000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a green collared shirt and white skirt. She accessorizes with a blue scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She has wavy red hair. Her silver eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Akta was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Akta 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 obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 9000 gp. Black opal (1100 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Sard (70 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Obsidian (16 gp).

Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She carries a battered hand crossbow and tarnished sai as well. She wears her cinnamon fur up. Her eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. In her 19th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father 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 now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 6000 gp. Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Blue sapphire (1400 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.