Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a hunchback. His silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Shoemaker born in the past three hundred years. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to be a animal trainer again

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 12000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (50 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp).

Description: This man prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, and sports empty pouches on his belt. With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. This blue eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist, Athletic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 3000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She wears her golden hair down. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was born in the south. In her 18th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 6000 gp. Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Jacinth (5000 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp).

Description: This woman usually wears her yellow robe and has her bastard sword always slung over her shoulder, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Heather hails from a village terrorized by goblins. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

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

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 5000 gp. Rock crystal (70 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Coral (110 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Black star sapphire (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'1". He likes to wear tan tank tops with black pants. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, gnolls burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying west to reunite his family. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 12000 gp. Jade (120 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Black star sapphire (800 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Jade (120 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp).

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears skinny pants and wears a black and white robe with the hood down. His gold crest is singed and shortened. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Hunter. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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 has achieved small success as a Hunter.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 8000 gp. Silver pearl (160 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Rose (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has white hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Fivin lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. One day when Fivin was young, his father was sewing while trying to overcome the flu, when suddenly his father dropped to the ground dead. His father had died from a severe disease that was unknown to the village doctor. Fivin was heart-stricken from the event, and his mother started working long hours to provde for them. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 400 pp. Rose (80 gp). Fire opal (1100 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Coral (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Coral (50 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.