Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has done his best to style his red hair to look like a famous performer. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

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 has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born into a rich family. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Soapmaker. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and his religion dominates his actions

Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich, Job, Guardian, Religious. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 300 pp. Jade (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Canary diamond (6000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker blue hat.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She bought a morningstar and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Courier; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Rich, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 500 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp).

Description: This man has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his yellow robe, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His black hair is still thick. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful, Insomniac. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 5000 gp. Citrine (50 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is renowned for her bright black dresses and hats. Her silver hair is long and unkept. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Ekk enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She came across an abandoned tomb where she found a relic that called out to her. After picking it up she was cursed by lycanthropy.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (120 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She is an epitome of beauty. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Orla hails from a village terrorized by drow. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. 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 name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 500 pp. Citrine (40 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Jade (100 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Amber (100 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Jet (100 gp). White pearl (100 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Emerald (700 gp). Moss agate (7 gp).

Description: This fat southern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a blue Stetson hat and blue clothes. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around her ears. She has blue eyes.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Jarsali lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1000 pp. Alexandrite (1200 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Blue diamond (8000 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with brown slacks. Her brown hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she wants revenge against giants

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Violet garnet (700 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Emerald (1300 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Coral (130 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Rose (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.