Description: Standing 3'4", this man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His hair is white and curly. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Carter arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and to reunite with his absent mother

Flaws: Forgetful, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 700 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. She has styled her black hair well, parting it to the right. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of brigands may trigger it at times.

History: Born to a Baker, her mother struggled to pay the bills. While she appears to be a normal Halfling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands; and many brigands want her driven away

Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 5000 gp. Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Black opal (400 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Rose (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Emerald (400 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 3'0". She is renowned for her bright red dresses and hats. Her blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: Robbie hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 2000 gp. Violet garnet (300 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak and is in decent physical shape. Her auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Bethrynna embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. The war was a terrible time for her, and Bethrynna does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Bethrynna was born the youngest of three triplets. 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 has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Family, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. Alexandrite (1200 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Emerald (400 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She very much looks the part of a Blacksmith. She carries a battered crossbow and tarnished shield as well. Her auburn hair is still thick. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Ilga hails from a village terrorized by goblins. In her 18th year, her parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Ilga alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Blacksmith.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and a deep hatred of goblins

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 4000 gp. Alexandrite (200 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Star ruby (600 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Star ruby (600 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His blue hair is knotted and matted. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines white.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Disciplined, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, In love. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 10000 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (800 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). White pearl (50 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Jet (50 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Justin was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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 now owns his own business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Bonds: Job, Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 400 pp. Jade (90 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Amber (90 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.