Description: He stands about 6'10" and is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He wears his brown hair up. He has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Through the years after Valafar was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Valafar's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Valafar and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Selfish, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (80 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (80 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (7000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (80 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (100 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: She dresses in violet turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with violet slacks. She carries with her a set of longswords on her belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. Her hair is short and silver. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Sarah was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 12000 gp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is dressed in earthy colors with a black and green handkerchief worn on her right side. She wears her brown hair down. She has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the north were limited. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist, Philantrophist. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 11000 gp. Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). White pearl (100 gp). Jade (100 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Jade (100 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Jade (100 gp). Hematite (7 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a red coat. His chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 900 pp. Malachite (4 gp). Emerald (600 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Rose (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing violet cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length silver hair. Her eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Gifted from a young age, Naivara studied abroad. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. 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: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 4000 gp.

Description: This woman wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her axe with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on her right hand. She has red hair. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She uses divination through singing.

History: Elysande was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. Elysande liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. 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: She is greedy.

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 500 pp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Tabaxi, and stands approximately 5'9". She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat, and her gloved hand is found clutching a dagger. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. She has amber eyes.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Through the years after Spear was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Spear's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 5000 gp. A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (30 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (10000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A small bag of saffron. (30 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). A small bag of saffron. (30 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (140 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (140 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (30 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (140 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (30 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp).