Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. She is physically well-built. Her silver hair is long and unkept. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: This woman loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Shautha has worked very hard to control her curse. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 600 pp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1900 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (50 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Silver ewer (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. He wears a red coat over a blue low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon his head. He has a hunchback. His blonde hair is heavily combed to the right. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. A gifted student he started as a Cook, but he got bored and became a Mortician. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and many goblins want him driven away

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 300 pp. Gold music box (1000 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (90 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (90 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp).

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a violet coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Born in the west to a Actor, Suhnae learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 8000 gp. Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man wears a green cloak and cross-gartered yellow stockings. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on his left hand. His blue crest is greasy and uncared for. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady red eyes.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Bowyer profession.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. Bidreked liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is greedy

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job, Nature. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 7000 gp. Pink pearl (140 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Jade (140 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Blue sapphire (1300 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Jasper (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned male prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His black hair is cut short. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Ahvain is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Gardener. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Gardener for hire.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (140 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (3000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Tabaxi, and stands approximately 6'6". He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat, and his gloved hand is found clutching a greataxe. He keeps his white fur in a pixie cut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Trail hails from a village terrorized by giants. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. Some 9 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Trail never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Chalcedony (70 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Jade (100 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Emerald (1100 gp). Coral (100 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Dwarf, and stands approximately 4'2". She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat, and her gloved hand is found clutching a longbow. Her hair is chestnut and curly. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Helgret was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student she started as a Shepherd, but she got bored and became a Marshal. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 9000 gp. Black star sapphire (800 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Moss agate (14 gp).