Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He usually wears his white robe and has his lance always slung over his shoulder. He sports a flattop hair cut. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing music.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Moss agate (5 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). White pearl (160 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her blonde hair is wavy and long. Her brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Mayor. She has achieved small success as a Mayor.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 900 pp. White pearl (150 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Blue-white diamond (6000 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp).

Description: 4'5" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is renowned for his bright grey suits and hats. He has moderate length silver hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a old dungeon. He would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Thorin took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up quarterstaff and armor he uses now. He bought a quarterstaff and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Nature. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 3400 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (30 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 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 (30 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. She wears tattered old clothes. She has a hunchback. Her red hair is knotted and matted. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gray eyes.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Katherine was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 2000 gp. Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (50 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 7000 gp. Iolite (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Fire opal (400 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Sard (20 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Emerald (400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His head has been shaved. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Ûkbûk is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born in a small island village. Ûkbûk abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

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

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 700 pp. Alexandrite (1200 gp). Jet (70 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Peridot (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and wears white trousers with blue and tan striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. With wild red hair. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Bree hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Her parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when she was still a young child. The dire rats captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (60 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (60 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp).