Description: This light-skinned male dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His hair is long and white with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. 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: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and revenge

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 300 pp. Peridot (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Jet (120 gp). Rose (20 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Sard (20 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Star ruby (1000 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Blue star sapphire (1000 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He has styled his golden hair well, parting it to the right. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Darrow fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 18000 gp. Black pearl (1200 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Jet (50 gp). Jet (50 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a longbow on her belt. Her tied-back hair is black. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing poetry.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Guardian, Military, Slave. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 16000 gp. Pink pearl (40 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Sard (50 gp). Blue star sapphire (500 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Emerald (500 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with green colored cloaks and clothing. She wears a colorful flower in her blue hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

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. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 9000 gp. Star ruby (900 gp). Jade (110 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Rose (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears baggy green pantaloons and a tan scarf. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Map Maker. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She struck the Map Maker job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: To be a Ruler again; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 500 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (130 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (90 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (130 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2700 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a grey deerstalker hat and grey clothes. Her hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. She has blue eyes.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature monstrous two handed axe.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 5000 gp. Aquamarine (300 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Emerald (1300 gp). Jet (160 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Star ruby (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 4'1" southern man, he tends to wear a large grey jacket. His hair is long and white with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is red, braided, and well cared for. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Tanner arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He worked as a nervous Tanner and found it very stressful. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and doesn't want to be a tanner and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Rich, Job, In love. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 6000 gp. Chalcedony (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Jade (90 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Rock crystal (80 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.