Description: The light-skinned man stands 3'3" and likes to wear blue tank tops with tan pants. His golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. 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: Alston was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He bought a pickaxe and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to be a bricklayer again

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 10000 gp. Obsidian (10 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Rich purple corundum (1200 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Azurite (10 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a worn and beaten armor, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His brass crest is heavily combed to the right. His fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Carpenter arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother 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. Some 6 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Azzakh never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is greedy

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (90 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp).

Description: This woman wears many layers of old clothing at all times, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Dagnal will drive conversation. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the east. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Dwarves in Dagnal's homeland. Dagnal decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Extrovert, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1000 pp. Azurite (15 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (800 gp). Rose (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Fire opal (800 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Coral (80 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, she wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her golden hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Mara speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 7000 gp. Rock crystal (80 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Amber (160 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Coral (160 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Scribe. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Scribe. He has worked as a Scribe like his father before him.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Nature. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 6000 gp. Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Amber (160 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Sard (50 gp). Rose (50 gp). Jet (160 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Hematite (5 gp).

Description: He dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He carries with him a set of rapiers on his belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. His red fur is lengthy. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Shadow was born with his father's beautiful face. 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 remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'8" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His chestnut hair is still thick. His eyes are silver.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of giants may trigger it at times.

History: Paymon hails from a village terrorized by giants. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and a deep hatred of giants

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1500 pp. Alexandrite (400 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp). White opal (400 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Jade (90 gp).