Description: 4'3" and muscular, this southern woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has a long golden ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of drow once and for all.

History: She got into the Tanner business at a young age. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 400 pp. Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak. His purple hair has been sun bleached extensively. His black eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is a Stableman first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Stableman but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. In his 17th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Marbas alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and expand his business

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1800 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (140 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He carries with him a set of glaives on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. His hair is white and curly. His eyes are a pleasant white.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. 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 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: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1900 pp. Golden pearl (80 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Blue star sapphire (900 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Coral (80 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

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 lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his mother's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered dire rats who tried to eat his hand. He has worked as a Knight like his mother before him.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 500 pp. Sard (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Amber (130 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Red garnet (130 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he tends to wear a large blue jacket. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length silver hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

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. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Rock crystal (40 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Coral (100 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Jade (100 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man prefers to wear violet pants and tee shirts. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy white hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Unemployed for hire.

Motivation: Expand his business; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1100 pp. Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Blue star sapphire (1200 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Zircon (50 gp).

Description: He wears a fancy brown suit. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has orange fur. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep copper.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Flame embodies much of what other species detest in the Tabaxis. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 4000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Jade (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Amber (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.