Description: She wears a white costume with the symbols of luck on her torso. She is portly but not overly obese. Her hair is short and silver. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is mildly Halfling supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Verna was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Gardener for hire.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 1300 pp. Jet (160 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Emerald (1400 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). White opal (1400 gp). Jet (160 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. Her moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She is a Sailor first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She became a Sailor soon after.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a stableman again

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 7000 gp. Alexandrite (500 gp). Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Rose (70 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1600 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Sard (70 gp). Blue-white diamond (8000 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp).

Description: This light-skinned female wears a brown vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her brown boots flare out at the collars. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Dilettante arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 5000 gp. Sard (80 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Amber (60 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Jacinth (8000 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman wears a black shirt with thin white vertical stripes and brown pants, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her hair is silver and very short. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 7000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (170 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp).

Description: He is wearing a long, grey cloak, and carries axes. He has a very tight haircut. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. The war was a terrible time for him, and Cory does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born in a small desert village. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Cory fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Military, Nature. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 900 pp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (40 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears long strands of amber and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She keeps her red hair in a pixie cut. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She got into the Mason business at a young age. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Mason. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Mason for hire.

Motivation: To be a Spice Merchant again; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 12000 gp. Sard (50 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1600 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She dresses in yellow turtlenecks beneath a green coat with brown slacks. Her hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. Her hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is an amazing painter.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the east. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Elven conditions. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Orc people; and half-orc compassion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 8000 gp. Banded agate (5 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Jet (150 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). Blue sapphire (400 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp). Amethyst (150 gp).