Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. His long silver hair reaches down to his waist. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a Shoemaker first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He struck the Shoemaker job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to be a mortician again

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Sard (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Pink diamond (6000 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a black shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and black pants. She has moderate length scarlet crest. Her eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Dyer but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1000 gp. Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Jet (160 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Rose (80 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She has done her best to style her brass crest to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are red.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Quespa is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Quespa 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. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 3000 gp. Eye agate (5 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Jacinth (3000 gp). Sard (20 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Sard (20 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Banded agate (5 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears professional attire. Her chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. She has hazel eyes and a white hat with a blue feather.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes giants are coming to abduct people. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She wants revenge against giants.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 600 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 4'11" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears professional attire. With a patchy golden beard and wild golden hair. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Adran isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Elven unity. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 4000 gp. Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Sard (50 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.

Description: 5'6" and muscular, this western man wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Ghâm speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. 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 left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Azurite (15 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Moss agate (15 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized red coat. His blonde hair is long and unkept. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Bertram was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Bookbinder hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Pacifist, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (30 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.