Description: A middle-aged man, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, and is pretty ugly. He has styled his brown hair well, parting it to the left. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Servant they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Ploughman, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1200 pp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His scarlet crest is heavily combed to the right. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic, Entrepeneur, Athletic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 7000 gp. Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He is portly but not overly obese. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

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 would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: He is content; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 5000 gp. Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Rose (80 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Black opal (800 gp). Citrine (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. His golden hair is knotted and matted. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his feathered black hat.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Khrosh enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. 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: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1000 pp. Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Black star sapphire (1500 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Jet (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears just a yellow suit. Her black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Chaedi grew up listening to her mother's many stories. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. Some 8 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Chaedi never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Nature, In love. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 900 pp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (50 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (50 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He carries with him a set of swords, each one with a jet on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has styled his green crest well, parting it to the left. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 8000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2300 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp). Silver ewer (60 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a black and blue robe with the hood down. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His crest is black and curly. He has red eyes and a black hat with a blue feather.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Glassblower. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In his 16th 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. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to protect his home

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 2000 gp. Jet (160 gp). Blue star sapphire (1000 gp). Jade (160 gp). Blue star sapphire (1000 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Black opal (1000 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.