Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His fur is cinnamon, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Shadow's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. 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, Shadow is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and revenge

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 12000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Mary was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and doesn't want to be a adventurer and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 2000 gp. Alexandrite (1400 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his scythe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of drow may trigger it at times.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. His divine abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 2000 gp. Bloodstone (20 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing a long, green cloak. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His chestnut hair is braided into rings. His gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is a Architect first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Poor, Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 9000 gp. Sardonyx (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Canary diamond (2000 gp).

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she dresses like a well dressed Unemployed does. She wears her chestnut hair up. Her eyes are likewise silver. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Hecat was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Eye agate (13 gp). Blue sapphire (1600 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Black opal (1600 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1600 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1600 gp).

Description: This man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His cinnamon fur is long and unkept. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To end his boredom.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1000 gp. Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2600 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (70 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (90 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp).

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and wears a blue vest and prefers yellow and brown shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her brown hair is greasy and uncared for. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Ellywick enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: The child of a Doctor, who enjoyed hunting, Ellywick was taken on many hunting expeditions. Ellywick abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 6000 gp. Moonstone (50 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Sard (50 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.