Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His brown hair is greasy and uncared for. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Baern speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. Baern enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He got into the Miner business at a young age. Baern abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He's also a talented Healer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and expand his business

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1900 pp. Rock crystal (70 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp).

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her hair is dark red and curly. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Mason profession.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Because her mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, gnolls burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her father from journeying south to reunite her family. She has achieved small success as a Bookbinder.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and doesn't want to be a bookbinder and was forced into it by her family

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 6000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (140 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This eastern man is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, tan shirt, and brown tie. His clothes are grease stained in places. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Elf in existence. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (50 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears baggy brown pantaloons and a black scarf. Her tied-back hair is silver. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Oriff fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic, Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 5000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (80 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 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. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. Ostracized due to the divine powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 6000 gp. Star ruby (1100 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Rose (60 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Zircon (60 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Amber (80 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). White pearl (80 gp).

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and wears suspenders and white workpants. Her shirt is black, and she wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Jeweler. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Tagga was born the youngest of three triplets. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Human companion (her 'brother'). In the meantime she has taken over work as a Jeweler and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and to be a scribe again

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Canary diamond (5000 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: Born to a Knight, her father struggled to pay the bills. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and revenge

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 6000 gp. Banded agate (12 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). Coral (80 gp). Rose (80 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). Black opal (400 gp). Rose (80 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Azurite (12 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.