Description: 4'9" and muscular, this eastern man wears just a tan suit. His long black hair reaches down to his waist. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict, Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 12000 gp. Malachite (13 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Jet (100 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Azurite (13 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His silver crest is matted, messy, and big. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. When Fax reached his early adolescence his Dragonborn father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 7000 gp. Moonstone (50 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Rose (50 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her red hair is thinning but still full. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Ronwe lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In her 15th year, her parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Ronwe alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 4000 gp. Peridot (20 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Coral (150 gp). Fire opal (1500 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Zircon (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor, and she perpetually has her longsword ready. Her auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. 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 always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Lorilla lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 7000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft pastel waves gently in the breeze. Her long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. A true patriot, Rinn would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. 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 has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Rich, Military, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 6000 gp. Banded agate (4 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Jade (120 gp). Blue diamond (8000 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Jet (120 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman is well dressed, constantly wearing a tan suit, white shirt, and pastel tie. Her silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is mildly Elf supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Born to a Glassblower, her father struggled to pay the bills. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and a strong sense of loyalty to gnomish people

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 700 pp. Violet garnet (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Rose (50 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Blue star sapphire (900 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 6'10" and muscular, this northern man is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has styled his red fur well, parting it to the right. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. 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. Some 10 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Cloak never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Alexandrite (1100 gp). Jade (140 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp).