Description: This slender man stands about 3'6". He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. His half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Cockaby grew up listening to his father's many stories. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Fortune-teller.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 4000 gp. Eye agate (10 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Chalcedony (20 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: This dark-skinned female wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her blonde hair is singed and shortened. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Marshal arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 11000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). Silver ewer (40 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (90 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 3'1" and muscular, this eastern woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Server

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 11000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is wearing a long, white cloak. Her long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. This hazel eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Born in the south to a Roofer, Tawna learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Roofer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor, In love. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 6000 gp. Malachite (8 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Coral (140 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A 5'8" southern man, he is wearing a long, violet, dusty cloak. His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. 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: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Through the years after Gunter was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Gunter's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and many gnolls want him driven away

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1000 gp. Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2300 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (180 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Passionate, Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1000 pp. A roughly beaten golden orb (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: He tends to wear a large blue jacket, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'2" when asserting himself. Sporting a white mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born to a Herbalist, his mother struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Engraver hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1000 gp.