Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a white tunic with black highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around his shoes. His golden hair is cut short. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Gruk lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A few years later when the north 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: Wants to raise his children well; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Optimist, Impeccable. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 400 pp. Blue quartz (15 gp). Blue-white diamond (4000 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Rose (40 gp). Jasper (40 gp).

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He very much looks the part of a Herbalist. His golden hair is knotted and matted. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. 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 worked as a Herbalist like his mother before him.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Herbalist responsibilities is difficult; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Job, Guardian, Military, Attractive. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 800 pp. Cloth of gold vestments (120 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (90 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (90 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (120 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with grey slacks. Her crest is short and red. Her red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the north. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dragonborns in the north were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Cartwright and was forced into it by her family; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 11000 gp. White pearl (140 gp). White opal (1200 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Jade (140 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp).

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light pastel in addition to tight pants. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Many giants want him driven away; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Secretive. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 11000 gp. Banded agate (12 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Sard (60 gp). Amber (90 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Jet (90 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Blue star sapphire (1000 gp). White pearl (90 gp).

Description: He wears bulky black painted plate armor. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. 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, Nil is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born into a rich family. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Job, Rich, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 5000 gp. White pearl (100 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Jade (100 gp). Sard (50 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Eye agate (5 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.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is typically in her Marshal uniform, and is pretty ugly. Her golden hair, when down, is lengthy. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Marshal work with an outfit from a few towns over. Marshal work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. After a long history of fighting, Jasmine and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 6000 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 (20 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (20 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (20 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (140 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (800 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (140 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears just a red suit. He has dyed his greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Fulbar was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and doesn't want to be a shoemaker and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 7000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (130 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (130 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (130 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (130 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.