Description: 2'10" and muscular, this eastern man prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has a very tight haircut. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. 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 is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (80 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (80 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (80 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 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 (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.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His red hair is greasy and uncared for. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. Ulfgar is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born in a small plains village. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Guardian, Family, Nature. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 8000 gp. Obsidian (7 gp). Jet (150 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). White opal (1300 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Emerald (1300 gp). Blue sapphire (1300 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Jet (150 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man 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 and is in decent physical shape. He has dyed his greying dark red hair a little too much giving a sharp dark red color. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies, Poor, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He keeps his long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with singing. He constantly tries to fill his life with singing. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Gifted from a young age, Frederick studied abroad. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Artistic, Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 11000 gp. Citrine (20 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Rose (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Jet (100 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his blue robe. He wears his silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Stableman arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Stableman for the past few years.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with his absent father

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 800 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 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 (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She has a missing right leg. She wears a blue vest and prefers red and green shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Elf in existence. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. When Faral reached her early adolescence her Elf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Justice, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 3000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her dagger with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her yellow fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue 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. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Right-Handed was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Blacksmith for hire.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Eye agate (7 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.