Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears professional attire. He has gold crest. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his red eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A gifted student he started as a Unemployed, but he got bored and became a Sage. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Sage for hire.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 3000 gp. Coral (50 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). White opal (400 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp). Amber (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She wears tattered old clothes. Her blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dwarves.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1600 pp. Red spinel (120 gp). White opal (800 gp). Blue diamond (3000 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is typically in his Banker uniform. His chestnut hair is lengthy. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Thervan is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Born in the east to a Banker, Thervan learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Banker for the past few years.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 3000 gp. Onyx (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Sard (50 gp). Jet (50 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Coral (50 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: This light-skinned male usually wears his blue robe and has his monstrous two handed axe always slung over his shoulder. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

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 susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with his Server mother left him crippled. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Persistence, Optimist. Flaws: Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 3000 gp. Solid gold idol (200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp). Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (40 gp). Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down, and is pretty ugly. He has no hair. This amber eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 400 pp. Tourmaline (160 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Sard (80 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). White pearl (160 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Sard (80 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is dressed in earthy colors with a black and brown handkerchief worn on his left side, and is pretty ugly. His crest is gold and very short. His gold eyes peer out from beneath his feathered black hat.

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 passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Black star sapphire (400 gp). Rose (20 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Fire opal (400 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He tends to wear a grey poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His white hair is braided into rings. This gray eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Whurbin hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Whurbin lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the east were limited. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive, PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 3000 gp. Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Amber (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Black opal (1600 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp).