Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His silver hair and beard is wavy and long. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. 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: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. After a long history of fighting, Wymar and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a tan vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His grey leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his tan boots flare out at the collars. His hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: The child of a Ploughman, who enjoyed hunting, Sindri was taken on many hunting expeditions. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Mundane, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Malachite (5 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Golden pearl (120 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She has no hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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 a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dwarves.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Racist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 400 pp. Moonstone (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 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: An older man who wears bulky red painted plate armor, he is not a threatening figure. He is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Oren alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Hedonist. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 10000 gp. White opal (600 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Jade (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Rose (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An older woman who wears baggy pastel pantaloons and a brown scarf, she is not a threatening figure. Her fur is beige and very short. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

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. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 800 pp. Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (20 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp).

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He carries a battered flail and tarnished dagger as well. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Born in the east to a Dyer, Aerdeth learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Dyer. He became a Dyer soon after.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new dyer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is wearing a long, black cloak. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. After coming to the age of reason, Biri took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Jeweler for the past few years.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Job, In love, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 300 pp.