Description: 6'6" and muscular, this northern man wears a black vest and prefers grey and black shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His blue hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are red and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Xappan was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His childhood dream was to be a Dyer, but he was a colossal failure. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 7000 gp. Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Amber (50 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). Obsidian (10 gp).

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He carries a battered dagger and tarnished sickle as well. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed tan hat.

Personality: Rimple hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. 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. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Rimple fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. A small bag of saffron. (60 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1500 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (130 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (60 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a tight fitting yellow shirt and pants. Her white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her arcane abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 300 pp. Amber (110 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Malachite (14 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he likes to wear ponchos typically of a light grey in addition to tight pants. His blonde hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. Lewis 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 has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dragonborn artifacts is his passion; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: She wears professional attire. She carries with her a set of morningstars, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: She got into the Shepherd business at a young age. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Shepherd. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Job, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 900 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat. He is portly but not overly obese. His gray fur is singed and shortened. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Forgetful. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 500 pp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1900 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (130 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (130 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (50 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (130 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Gnome, and stands approximately 3'0". She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt, and her gloved hand is found clutching a hand crossbow. She sports silver long hair. Her violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. When Caramip reached her early adolescence her Gnome mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Artistic, Extrovert. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1000 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (180 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).