Description: 5'11" and muscular, this eastern man wears tattered old clothes. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Bernard lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He worked as a nervous Dyer and found it very stressful. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Dyer responsibilities is difficult; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 5000 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (20 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: This eastern woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Dragonborn compassion; and she's in love

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 7000 gp. Rock crystal (70 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Blue diamond (3000 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Jacinth (3000 gp). Black opal (400 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is dressed in a clean black cloak covering his clean studded leather. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His crest is short and brass. His red eyes peer out from beneath his top black hat.

Personality: He is mildly Dragonborn supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dragonborns.

History: Born in the north to a Stableman, Azzakh learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. In the meantime he has taken over work as a Stableman and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 5000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (70 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (130 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (70 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (130 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (70 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. He sports violet clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He has a hunchback. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. 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 takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Fortune-teller. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To be a Shipwright again.

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 5000 gp. Deep green spinel (110 gp). Malachite (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. His black eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Seamstress but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted druidic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and he has a crush on the local bowyer

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Malachite (16 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Rose (20 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Eye agate (16 gp).

Description: She is typically in her Brewer uniform. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her lance, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. She has slicked back black hair. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. Her childhood dream was to be a Masseuse, but she was a colossal failure. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 3 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand her business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (11000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (70 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (70 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (70 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Claira is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 300 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (110 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (110 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp).