Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 2'8". She wears a red vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her yellow leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her red boots flare out at the collars, and her gloved hand is found clutching a bow. Her hair is golden and curly. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. After coming to the age of reason, Vani took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 7000 gp. Malachite (13 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears silk and lounges about seductively. With bright black hair. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her top tan hat.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She takes great joy in being the best Bookbinder in town.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She has achieved small success as a Bookbinder.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military, Debt. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 6000 gp. Alexandrite (600 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Emerald (1500 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: He is scrawny and has patchy bronze crest. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has a hunchback. His crest is cut close to his head. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. 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-sister.

History: Born in the south to a Barber, Gorbundus learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He became a Barber soon after.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Job, In love. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. Azurite (16 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts. He has no hair. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man wears suspenders and white workpants. His shirt is yellow, and he wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on his right hand. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the north. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Professionalism, Fighting. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Rose (30 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Sard (30 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Hematite (10 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her brown hair is knotted and matted. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Emmeline hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her dancing career. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the east. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 north. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Religious. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 6000 gp.

Description: This eastern woman wears a black shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and tan pants. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her blue crest is knotted and matted. She has a tattooed face.

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 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: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dragonborns in the east were limited. After a long history of fighting, Megren and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 2000 gp. Alexandrite (800 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Blue quartz (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.