Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a white costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. He has moderate length silver hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Howard hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Howard was born on a far eastern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Miner. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Revenge; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Emotional, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 800 pp. Chalcedony (60 gp). Blue-white diamond (6000 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Coral (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'9" western woman, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. Her red hair is knotted and matted. This green eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was born in the west. When Millicent reached her early adolescence her Human mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Military, Religious. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 6000 gp. Eye agate (4 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Rose (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She wears a colorful flower in her red hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Miner arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 13000 gp. Tourmaline (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Emerald (600 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Emerald (600 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Rose (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Pink diamond (6000 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An older woman who is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down, she is not a threatening figure. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker blue hat.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Beggar. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and balancing her hectic life and new beggar responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Religious. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1200 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (20 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He wears his red hair down. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has worked as a Fisher like his mother before him.

Motivation: Expand his business; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: Blue quartz (4 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Black star sapphire (1500 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Jet (110 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Star ruby (1500 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1500 gp). Jade (110 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He keeps his long red hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He takes great joy in being the best Layabout in town.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Shipwright they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Layabout, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: To be a Shipwright again; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 6000 gp. Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Emerald (1500 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Sard (50 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.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears black trousers with brown and white striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. He has green eyes and a black hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Resh lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. Some 5 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Resh never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Family, In love. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 2000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). White opal (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Malachite (8 gp). White pearl (160 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.