Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears tattered old clothes. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 7000 gp. Alexandrite (700 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Jade (120 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Blue star sapphire (1200 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Amber (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His brown hair is long and unkept. This amber eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Pirithin grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He found a children's book about a Halfling Druid who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 12000 gp. Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Blue diamond (4000 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Rose (60 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Jade (70 gp). Rose (60 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Rose (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Rich purple corundum (1500 gp).

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. She has dyed her greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She 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. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and to be a bricklayer again

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 700 pp. Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Rose (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Amber (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Star ruby (900 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Banded agate (8 gp).

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length beige fur. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is a great chef.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature quarterstaff.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 700 pp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. Her ears are large.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. In her 13th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 8000 gp. Aquamarine (900 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Jade (100 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She is portly but not overly obese. She has done her best to style her silver hair to look like a famous performer. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gold eyes.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Forgetful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 8000 gp. Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Blue-white diamond (3000 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Jet (120 gp). Malachite (7 gp).

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair is long and white with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small blue clips. His beard is golden, braided, and well cared for. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Gifted, Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 11000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A small bag of saffron. (30 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (30 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (170 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (170 gp). A small bag of saffron. (30 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.