Description: This tall, slender man wears a worn and beaten armor. His white crest is greasy and uncared for. He is baby faced.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Bricklayer business.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. His parents were killed by illithids in a raid when he was still a young child. The illithids captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 6000 gp. Malachite (16 gp). Jasper (80 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Jade (110 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Jet (110 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He uses divination through singing.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Shane grew up listening to his mother's many stories. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature greatsword.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 8000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (90 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Silver ewer (90 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.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft pastel waves gently in the breeze. Her long dark red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 13000 gp. Red spinel (140 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Fire opal (1100 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Jade (140 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Peridot (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). Jade (160 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Canary diamond (6000 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Coral (160 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Blue sapphire (1600 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 5'1" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak. He wears a colorful flower in his black hair. His eyes are silver and catlike.

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 will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 5000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Jet (140 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Emerald (500 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Amethyst (140 gp).

Description: This malnourished man dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a white coat with green slacks. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Wobbles was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he wants to get laid

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Violet garnet (1600 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman wears baggy black pantaloons and a brown scarf and is in decent physical shape. Her green crest is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are gold.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing writing.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A gifted student she started as a Brewer, but she got bored and became a Shipwright. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 600 pp. Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (110 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.