Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and prefers to wear tan clothing when he does not wear armor. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His long blonde hair reaches down to his waist. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Gerbo grew up listening to his mother's many stories. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1200 pp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears dark leathers with embroidery, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She has done her best to style her dark red hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are silver and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In her 17th year, her parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Orianna alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Some 7 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Orianna never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and revenge

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: In love, Guardian, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 11000 gp. Violet garnet (300 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). Fire opal (600 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a hunchback. His silver hair is lengthy. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Jade (80 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and wears tattered old clothes. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has done her best to style her brown hair to look like a famous performer. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Crown-heir for the past few years.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (170 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (170 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1500 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (170 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 3'7" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He takes great joy in being the best Actor in town.

History: He was born in the south. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Actor responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (90 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (170 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (170 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (90 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (170 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (170 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Silver ewer (90 gp).

Description: She wears a yellow deerstalker hat and yellow clothes. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and balancing her hectic life and new mortician responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Job, In love. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She wears her silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Gifted from a young age, Carlin studied abroad. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist, Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 500 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (30 gp). A small bag of saffron. (90 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Silver ewer (90 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.