Description: This tall, slender man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He has done his best to style his rusty crest to look like a famous performer. He is baby faced.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. Norkruuth liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 10000 gp. Solid gold idol (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1300 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (170 gp).

Description: She wears a simple white robe with tan stripes complete with hood, and she perpetually has her spear ready. She has done her best to style her black hair to look like a famous performer. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. In her youth she was a Cartwright, and wanted to be a champion fighter when she grew up. She was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives she lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. She saw the brutality and swore off her fighting aspirations, taking her younger brother on her back after seeing her parents die, and fled the country. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Hematite (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). White opal (1600 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp). Clear bright green emerald (5000 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). White pearl (130 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Coral (130 gp). Black opal (1600 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a white coat with green slacks. His copper crest is heavily combed to the right. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. Quarethon abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has dedicated himself to building a better world.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 400 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (40 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (100 gp).

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a brown collared shirt and pastel pants. He accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He keeps his gray fur in a flapper bob. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. 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 son.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Herbalist they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Painter, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family, Slave. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 5000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Rose (30 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Blue star sapphire (1500 gp). Amber (140 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Malachite (15 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His beige fur is long and unkept. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease, Fearful. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1100 pp. Blue sapphire (500 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Blue sapphire (500 gp). Black opal (500 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Rose (80 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Blue sapphire (500 gp). Jet (60 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Malachite (8 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His blonde hair is long and unkept. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the south were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he feels threatened by others

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Jade (50 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Sard (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Amber (50 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Sard (80 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Amber (50 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Jasper (80 gp). White pearl (50 gp). Emerald (900 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Sard (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His black hair is lengthy. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He worked as a nervous Cook and found it very stressful. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Cook and was forced into it by his family; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 10000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). A small bag of saffron. (90 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.