Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He very much looks the part of a Mortician. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Hedonist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 5000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (700 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (130 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Engraver. His white fur is unkempt and raggedy. He has a tattooed face.

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 works hard and plays hard.

History: Gale hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. While he appears to be a normal Tabaxi, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 9000 gp. Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Rose (50 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). Carnelian (50 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with brown slacks. His chestnut hair is cut short. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. 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: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 south. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Military. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 7000 gp. Amber (110 gp). Sard (20 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Coral (110 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Black opal (1200 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Server

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 6000 gp. Aquamarine (1200 gp). Rose (40 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Coral (160 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Obsidian (12 gp).

Description: He is renowned for his bright tan suits and hats. He carries with him a set of falchions, each one with a amber on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has styled his brown hair well, parting it to the right. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Barber profession.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Bookbinder hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Bookbinder for the past few years.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Poor, Debt. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Malachite (9 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (800 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Rose (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

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. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Carpenter they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Bookbinder, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1000 gp. Jasper (40 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She has a large blue mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her brown robe. Her auburn hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Nyx isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 800 pp. Black pearl (200 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Blue star sapphire (1500 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp).