Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His golden hair is long and unkept. He is baby faced.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Cook arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Insomniac. Bonds: Slave, Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 13000 gp. Iolite (30 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Sard (30 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Jet (130 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She tends to wear a black poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She carries a battered greatsword and tarnished trident as well. Her brown hair is lengthy. Her silver eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born in the west to a Mercenary, Kallista learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 9000 gp. Amber (90 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Black star sapphire (500 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His auburn hair is cut short. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He's also a talented Masseuse, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To protect his home; and expand his business

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 400 pp. Rose (30 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Malachite (6 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'1" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He keeps his black hair in a flapper bob. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. At a young age his mother died while driving off some gnolls. His father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in club use. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 800 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (160 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His golden hair is cut short. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born into a rich family. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He now mingles about in high society.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1300 pp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1500 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp).

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. Her skin is dark but she possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. She wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. Her hair is short and red. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Shoemaker.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Human people; and expand her business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (140 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her hair is red and very short. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Ella enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Ella lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Ella was born on a far northern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Tailor. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Coral (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.