Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his top grey hat.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. His childhood dream was to be a Mayor, but he was a colossal failure. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Shoemaker for the past few years.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Depressed, Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 10000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (170 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (170 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman wears just a green suit, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has gold crest. Her eyes are gold and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 3000 gp. Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Jade (60 gp). Blue star sapphire (700 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Malachite (12 gp).

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'6" when asserting himself. His cinnamon fur is smooth and relatively long. His copper eyes peer out from beneath his top pastel hat.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Sage. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Sage.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to be a miner again

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1000 pp. Bloodstone (70 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp).

Description: She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She carries with her a set of greatswords on her belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. Her auburn hair is lengthy. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Abalaba fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Rich, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 12000 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1100 pp. Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His childhood dream was to be a Adventurer, but he was a colossal failure. He has worked as a Architect like his father before him.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 600 pp. Black star sapphire (1400 gp). Rose (30 gp). Hematite (7 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: With pastel face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is wearing a long, white cloak. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. A gifted student he started as a Courier, but he got bored and became a Navigator. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to be a courier again

Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 8000 gp. Alexandrite (1000 gp). Star ruby (1500 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Rose (30 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). 1 Medium magic item.