Description: She is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. She is typically in her Bowyer uniform. She has a hunchback. She has moderate length black hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Bowyer. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand her business

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Banded agate (7 gp). Amber (40 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp).

Description: This man is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on his right hand. His rusty crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: Gorbundus hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 8000 gp. Black star sapphire (700 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Standing 6'1", this woman wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her silver crest, when down, is lengthy. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gold eyes.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Savaran was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 south. She struck the Dyer job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 900 pp. Tourmaline (80 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Sard (50 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She tends to wear a large white jacket. With wild auburn hair. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was born in the north. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 300 pp. Silver pearl (130 gp). Jet (130 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Rich purple corundum (700 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Hematite (10 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Standing 4'10", this woman wears a black wide-brimmed hat and black clothes. She has dyed her greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Cartwright born in the past three hundred years. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Kallista was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature, Military. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 7000 gp. Deep green spinel (130 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). White pearl (130 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: Standing 5'7", this man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Born in the west to a Bookbinder, Alex learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Bookbinder work with an outfit from a few towns over. Bookbinder work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature lance.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 4000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2200 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (140 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (140 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp).

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She sports a flattop crest cut. Her eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by brigands. Gilkass was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 12000 gp. Jade (80 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Carnelian (20 gp).