Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a black wide-brimmed hat and black clothes. He keeps his black crest in a pixie cut. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. Arjhan enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a violet collared shirt and green skirt. She accessorizes with a yellow scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her childhood dream was to be a Mayor, but she was a colossal failure. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To be a Mayor again.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 8000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Silver ewer (90 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). A small bag of saffron. (90 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman dresses like a well dressed Mayor does. Her scarlet crest is knotted and matted. Her gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is mildly Dragonborn supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Doudra was born with her mother's beautiful face. In her 13th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Mayor responsibilities is difficult; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 600 pp. Gold music box (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (70 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (70 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are likewise red.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Born in the south to a Armorer, Kiirith learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He tends to his Armorer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Job, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1200 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on his left hand. He wears his cinnamon fur down. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 7000 gp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (80 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (80 gp). A small bag of saffron. (80 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (160 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (80 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (160 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp).

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears blue robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a longsword, but if one is not available she will default to her kukri. Her auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her ears are large.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Althaea was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Mason. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 400 pp. Jasper (60 gp). Citrine (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He tends to wear a large black jacket. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His scarlet crest is singed and shortened. His eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Kerkad 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 knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Slave, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 2000 gp. Star ruby (700 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Hematite (12 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp).