Description: This slender man stands about 5'1". He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. John enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Terse, Hedonist, Disease. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 700 pp. Moss agate (7 gp). Sard (50 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Jet (140 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Peridot (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a black shirt with thin white vertical stripes and black pants. She carries with her a set of pickaxes on her belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. She wears her white crest down. She has gold eyes and a black hat with a white feather.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dragonborns became a terror of the countryside. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1000 gp. Chrysoprase (80 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Zircon (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman tends to wear a large red jacket, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. In her 10th year, her parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Stacee alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Guardian, Enemies, In love. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 400 pp. Red garnet (80 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman tends to wear a brown poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

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. A freak accident while working with her Engraver mother left her crippled. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 12000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (30 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a white shirt with thin black vertical stripes and red pants. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his broad white hat.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born in the east. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the east were limited. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Many orcs want him driven away; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned female is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright red and violet, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her brown hair is long and unkept. Her fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature scimitar.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1000 pp. Black opal (1300 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Star ruby (1300 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Coral (110 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). Red garnet (110 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Sard (60 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Emerald (1300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her silver hair is matted, messy, and big. 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 happy with her job as a Junk Dealer. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Junk Dealer arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She struck the Junk Dealer job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and money/treasure

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 12000 gp. Star ruby (1000 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). White pearl (40 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.