Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty pastel coat over it. He has no fur. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 3000 gp. Hematite (10 gp). Blue sapphire (1500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Amber (90 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Amber (90 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Rose (50 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Star ruby (1500 gp). Blue sapphire (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears dull blue sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed whip, just in case. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. His violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Zook was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Gnomes in Zook's homeland. Zook decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He struck the Ploughman job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 800 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her hair is golden and curly. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Thea was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Mortician.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away.

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 2000 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is typically in his Animal Trainer uniform. He has moderate length white hair. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He struck the Animal Trainer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Persistence, Philantrophist. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 600 pp. Amber (110 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Rose (30 gp). Zircon (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat, and he perpetually has his pickaxe ready. His long gold crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Bowyer arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Dragonborns in Shamash's homeland. Shamash decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. After a long history of fighting, Shamash and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 1900 pp. Solid gold idol (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (40 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (30 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Gold and ruby ring (6000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Gold and ruby ring (6000 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (30 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman tends to wear a large black jacket. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on her left hand. She wears her white hair up. Her gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Tieflings.

History: Makaria was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Painter. She has been helping groups of widows and orphans who have fled abusive spouses or lost their families to goblins.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 700 pp. Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Blue-white diamond (7000 gp). Jet (70 gp). Amber (70 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). Coral (70 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). White opal (1100 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Tabaxi, and stands approximately 5'11". He is wearing a long, pastel cloak, and his gloved hand is found clutching a shortspear. He sports a flattop fur cut. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Harvest was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Disciplined, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 5000 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.