Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. He is physically well-built. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Beggar business.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the west were limited. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Beggar and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Malachite (15 gp). Jacinth (5000 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Amber (80 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Sard (50 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Rose (50 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears suspenders and black workpants. Her shirt is grey, and she wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. She wears her silver crest down. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. After a long history of fighting, Farideh and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 4000 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1300 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with brown slacks. Her brown hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 700 pp. Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Emerald (900 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp).

Description: 5'9" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 11000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She keeps her auburn hair in a pixie cut. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. A gifted student she started as a Courier, but she got bored and became a Jeweler. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Jeweler for the past few years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and balancing her hectic life and new jeweler responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Slave, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 11000 gp. Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). Gold and ruby ring (10000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp).

Description: Standing 6'6", this man prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His gold crest is singed and shortened. His eyes are red and beady.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 5000 gp. Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1600 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She is physically well-built. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are red.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. The war was a terrible time for her, and Rieta does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her father worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled father and took her father's old job. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 10000 gp. Blue sapphire (1100 gp). White pearl (40 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.