Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She has moderate length black hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Loopmottin grew up listening to her father's many stories. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She wears her purple hair up. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Markosian is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has worked as a Detective like her mother before her.

Motivation: Expand her business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1100 pp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (170 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he wears a fancy red suit. He has wavy red hair. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Bertram hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. When Bertram reached his early adolescence his Halfling mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Artistic, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 2000 gp. Violet garnet (700 gp). Amber (80 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Amber (80 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Black opal (600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Sard (70 gp). Amethyst (80 gp).

Description: Standing 4'5", this man is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and green handkerchief worn on his right side. He wears his black hair down. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson brown hat.

Personality: This man loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. He has dedicated himself to building a better world.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 500 pp. Sard (50 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Canary diamond (5000 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears suspenders and white workpants. Her shirt is brown, and she wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. Her hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. She is baby faced.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born in the south to a Crown-heir, Ootah learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Ootah was born on a far southern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Crown-heir. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Crown-heir for the past few years.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1000 pp. Moss agate (16 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Blue star sapphire (900 gp). Black opal (900 gp). Coral (70 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'5" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears an entirely black suit with red socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are white and catlike.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: To be a Marshal again; and expand his business

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Adventurer, Military, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 5000 gp. Alexandrite (300 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Blue sapphire (500 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a brown costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. His red hair is greasy and uncared for. His violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was born into a rich family. Eberk abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. After a long history of fighting, Eberk and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 11000 gp. Red garnet (90 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Jacinth (6000 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Peridot (70 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.