Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. His tied-back hair is black. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He got into the Miner business at a young age. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He's also a talented Fletcher, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Expand his business; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Mundane, Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, In love. Occupation: Miner

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 700 pp. Alexandrite (1000 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Rose (40 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp).

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has shaved her head bald. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Ellyjoybell was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her martial abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1000 pp. Solid gold idol (700 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. She has no hair. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gray eyes.

Personality: Ulla is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ulla grew up listening to her father's many stories. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 400 pp. Obsidian (12 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Amber (140 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Malachite (12 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. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'7" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her morningstar with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her green crest is singed and shortened. Her gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born in the north. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dragonborns in the north were limited. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To protect her home; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 8000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2800 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (170 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp).

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 4'10". She wears black painted combat armor at almost all times, and her gloved hand is found clutching a falchion. Her blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 10000 gp. Pink diamond (7000 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Rose (50 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her red hair is still thick. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She found a children's book about a Dwarf Druid who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 17000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (100 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (10 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (10 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (10 gp).

Description: This woman is dressed in an above average manner, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Mella hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her dancing career. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. A freak accident while working with her Sculptor mother left her crippled. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1000 gp. Chrysoprase (60 gp). Jet (160 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Amber (160 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Jet (160 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Coral (160 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp).