Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, marred by sweets. His red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A freak accident while working with his Banker mother left him crippled. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to protect his home

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 15000 gp. Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). White pearl (160 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Moss agate (16 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is renowned for her bright black dresses and hats. She keeps her blue hair in a flapper bob. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and money/treasure

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Debt, Military. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 7000 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (120 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gold.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Guardian. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1500 pp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'9". She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her blue hair is knotted and matted. Her black eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Semyaza was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and she wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1000 gp. Blue star sapphire (1200 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Coral (160 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Banded agate (13 gp).

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times, and he perpetually has his scythe ready. He has a very tight haircut. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Zûgor was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 west. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Adventurer they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Healer, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 9. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Nirgel lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Slave Trader and was forced into it by his family; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1200 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Gold and ruby ring (5000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (50 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (40 gp).

Description: This southern woman wears a brown vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her grey leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her brown boots flare out at the collars. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length white fur. Her copper eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: This woman loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 9000 gp. Banded agate (4 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). White opal (500 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Rose (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.