Description: This malnourished man wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has wavy silver hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Nordak was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He worked as a nervous Merchant and found it very stressful. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 14 years.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 8000 gp. Aquamarine (300 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. He has no hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Purson grew up listening to his father's many stories. A gifted student he started as a Miller, but he got bored and became a Cartwright. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 6000 gp. Star rose quartz (20 gp). Rose (20 gp). Jet (50 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Coral (50 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Azurite (15 gp).

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He carries with him a set of axes, each one with a opal on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Thrak isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Orc unity. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing singing.

History: Thrak was born with his mother's beautiful face. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the south were limited. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Citrine (40 gp). White opal (1300 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Jet (120 gp). Golden pearl (120 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. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a tattered pair of loose yellow pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His red hair is thinning but still full. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed yellow hat.

Personality: Raer speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He wants revenge against brigands.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Debt. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 400 pp. Blue sapphire (1500 gp). Rose (20 gp). Coral (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'6" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears professional attire. Her silver crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. Vezera enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has worked as a Fisher like her father before her.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 9000 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Amber (100 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her scarlet crest is matted, messy, and big. Her fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (130 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 5'3" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears baggy white pantaloons and a tan scarf. She has moderate length black hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Assassin they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Masseuse, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Forgetful, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 9000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A small bag of saffron. (60 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (60 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.