Description: This late middle aged woman is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior and is in decent physical shape. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Eloise fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A deep hatred of goblins; and she wants revenge against goblins

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Solid gold idol (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (130 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (130 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and dresses in violet turtlenecks beneath a white coat with blue slacks. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She wears her blonde hair down. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. Eloise enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Pink pearl (50 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Jade (50 gp).

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her silver hair is singed and shortened. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. In her 13th year, her parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Bethrynna alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many goblins want her driven away; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 400 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He tends to wear a violet poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His brown hair is matted, messy, and big. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Korfel isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Elven unity. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 2000 gp. A delicate brass dragon egg (20 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a brown shirt with thin white vertical stripes and blue pants. His head has been shaved. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave, Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 10000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). A small bag of saffron. (10 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (10 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (10 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (140 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Erdan is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of brigands may trigger it at times.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Erdan has worked very hard to control his curse. He tends to his Crown-heir job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and he feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 6000 gp. White pearl (50 gp). Sard (70 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering his clean studded leather, and carries longswords. His red hair is still thick. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. In his youth he was a Courier, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger brother on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Broce 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.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed, PTSD. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 7000 gp. White opal (1200 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Sard (40 gp). White opal (1200 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Hematite (13 gp). 1 Medium magic item.