Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her long blonde hair reaches down to her waist. She is baby faced.

Personality: Volen speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing her hectic life and new mortician responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Chrysoprase (50 gp). Moss agate (8 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering his clean studded leather. His hair is long and brown with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small tan clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson tan hat.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Tanner they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Barber, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Barber and was forced into it by his family; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted, Professionalism. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing yellow cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. His hair is brown and very short. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His parents enrolled him in a Druid school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To be a Blacksmith again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1200 pp. Bloodstone (70 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Clear bright green emerald (5000 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 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 man of a pale complexion, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His black hair is unkempt and raggedy. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the north. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 400 pp. Red garnet (140 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Jade (140 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man prefers to wear flannel. His hair is white and curly. His white eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Terse, Insomniac. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 2000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (3000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (90 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She likes to wear white tank tops with brown skirt. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her childhood dream was to be a Crown-heir, but she was a colossal failure. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Tiefling artifacts is her passion; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Terse, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp).

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. His fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

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 loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. After coming to the age of reason, Barakas took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Military. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 18000 gp. Rose (40 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Jet (40 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Emerald (1300 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Rose (40 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Black opal (1300 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp).