Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears an entirely black suit with green socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His hair is short and purple. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

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 is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Astar hails from a village terrorized by brigands. He worked as a nervous Soapmaker and found it very stressful. He tends to his Soapmaker job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 2100 pp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). Gold and ruby ring (12000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (12000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (30 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (30 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (30 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (30 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (30 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (30 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a brown shirt with thin green vertical stripes and blue pants. She is portly but not overly obese. She is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around her ears. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 12000 gp. Rose (70 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Emerald (900 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Rich purple corundum (900 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Jade (40 gp). Star ruby (900 gp). Coral (40 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Half-Elves. Her skin is dark but she possesses many white ritualistic tattoos. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty yellow coat over it. Her hair is brown and very short. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Gnomish activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Gnomish doctor. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and a strong sense of loyalty to gnomish people

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 6000 gp. Alexandrite (1000 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Canary diamond (5000 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp).

Description: This northern man wears a worn and beaten armor. His clothes are grease stained in places. His silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. 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 blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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 since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 400 pp. Deep green spinel (140 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Amber (140 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 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.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. His skin is dark but he possesses many violet ritualistic tattoos. He is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. Thoradin 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 bought a greatsword and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Disease. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 5000 gp. Citrine (50 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

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 is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. 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: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1900 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (60 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (60 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a red shirt with thin pastel vertical stripes and red pants. Her white hair is knotted and matted. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 700 pp. Peridot (50 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Amber (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Blue sapphire (800 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Sard (50 gp).