Description: 4'5" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He wears his blonde hair up. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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 has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To end his boredom.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 300 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (60 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 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.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears dark leathers with embroidery, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He found a children's book about a Dwarf Druid who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: In love, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 9000 gp. Moss agate (5 gp). Jade (140 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Sard (70 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Amber (140 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Black pearl (600 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a green tunic with blue highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her bronze crest is knotted and matted. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing music.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 4000 gp. Alexandrite (1500 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Blue-white diamond (8000 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Amber (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Obsidian (4 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: She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length bronze crest. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 72. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Quespa was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. In her 13th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Quespa alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and she wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (140 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (140 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: This light-skinned male wears suspenders and tan workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Racist, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 6000 gp. A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (40 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears skinny pants and wears a black and tan robe with the hood down. He sports a flattop crest cut. His gold eyes peer out from beneath his top black hat.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 6000 gp. Carnelian (70 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Star ruby (600 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She has wavy brown hair. This blue eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She hates Halflings with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered dancing. She's also a talented Herbalist, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She is content; and to be a herbalist again

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Racist, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Slave. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 7000 gp. Smoky quartz (60 gp). Malachite (16 gp).