Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she sports tan clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has slicked back white hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Ridaro embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: She comes from a rich western family. She took after her mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her mother taught her to defend herself. When her mother died while fighting gnolls, the young Ridaro began to lead the lost caravan. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2300 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a tight fitting green shirt and pants. He carries with him a set of sais on his belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. His scarlet crest is thinning but still full. His gold eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has achieved small success as a Beggar.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new beggar responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 8000 gp. Golden pearl (110 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'3" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: To protect his home; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Poor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Sardonyx (30 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Rose (30 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 5'6". He is wearing a long, yellow, dusty cloak. His white hair is heavily combed to the left. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. 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: Godfrey lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Godfrey has worked very hard to control his curse. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and expand his business

Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 7000 gp. Banded agate (5 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Jade (100 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Black opal (800 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'5" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His yellow fur is still thick. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Dagger hails from a village terrorized by giants. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tabaxis became a terror of the countryside. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: Rock crystal (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Jade (140 gp). Coral (140 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Amber (140 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and white handkerchief worn on her left side. Her white hair is well kept. She is baby faced.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. The war was a terrible time for her, and Ahinar does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

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. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Brewer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She became a Brewer soon after.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 7000 gp. Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'3" eastern woman, she wears a black broad hat and black clothes. Her brown hair is singed and shortened. She has a tattooed face.

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 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: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her parents were killed by gnolls in a raid when she was still a young child. The gnolls captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She has been helping groups of widows and orphans who have fled abusive spouses or lost their families to gnolls.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 900 pp. Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Malachite (13 gp). 1 Medium magic item.