Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a black wide-brimmed hat and black clothes. She wears her chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving 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: She was born on a small isolated farm. A gifted student she started as a Soapmaker, but she got bored and became a Brewer. She has worked as a Brewer like her mother before her.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and to be a soapmaker again

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Moss agate (16 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He tends to wear a large violet jacket. His long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Nature, Mentor. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 2000 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (20 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man wears a simple green robe with violet stripes complete with hood, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His dark red hair is matted, messy, and big. His red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He uses divination through singing.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 800 pp. Alexandrite (700 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Jade (100 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Iolite (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 3'0". He wears red painted combat armor at almost all times, and his gloved hand is found clutching a monstrous two handed axe. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born in the west to a Blacksmith, Ortegar learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has achieved small success as a Blacksmith.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and to be a fletcher again

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 700 pp. Blue quartz (13 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Jet (140 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Detective, and carries rapiers. Her hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are silver and catlike.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. Astaro enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Detective arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Selfish, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 2000 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (170 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, marred by sweets. His auburn hair is heavily combed to the right. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He takes great joy in being the best Priest in town.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the east. A gifted student he started as a Bellfounder, but he got bored and became a Priest. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Priest responsibilities is difficult; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1000 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (60 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears brown trousers with white and brown striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She has styled her golden hair well, parting it to the right. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is mildly Dwarf supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Tabaxi companion (her 'brother'). 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: A strong sense of loyalty to Tabaxi people; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 5000 gp. Tourmaline (150 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp). 1 Medium magic item.