Description: He wears grey trousers with blue and white striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He is portly but not overly obese. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. Nicholas enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Slave Trader.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with white slacks. She is portly but not overly obese. Her silver crest is thinning but still full. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature crossbow.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Job, Debt. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 5000 gp. Citrine (40 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Hematite (4 gp). White pearl (160 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Amber (160 gp). Fire opal (1300 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: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She has wavy bronze crest. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She got into the Gardener business at a young age. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has achieved small success as a Gardener.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (140 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman dresses like a well dressed Slave Trader does. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length black hair. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. In the meantime she has taken over work as a Slave Trader and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Job, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Coral (110 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Coral (110 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has no hair. This blue eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 16000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (100 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears green robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a rapier, but if one is not available he will default to his shortbow, and is pretty ugly. His white crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Trynnicus was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. While he appears to be a normal Dragonborn, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Forgetful. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Eye agate (8 gp). Blue sapphire (1400 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Jade (150 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Sard (20 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 3'2" and muscular, this southern man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears large thick round spectacles.

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. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Butcher hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 11000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (100 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (90 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (90 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (100 gp).