Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a fancy violet suit. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Bernard will drive conversation. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: Bernard was born with his mother's beautiful face. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. Some 10 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Bernard never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Extrovert, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 10000 gp. Malachite (15 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). White opal (1600 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His silver hair is braided into rings. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He hates Halflings with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Racist, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 400 pp. Gold music box (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned female wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She has shaved her head bald. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She bought a greatsword and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south.

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1200 pp. Silver ewer (90 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (80 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (80 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (90 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (80 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (80 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (80 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: With pastel face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a tan coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon her head. Her silver hair is well kept. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her parents were killed by goblins in a raid when she was still a young child. The goblins captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She tends to her Fortune-teller job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she wants revenge against goblins

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1400 pp. Violet garnet (1600 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Black star sapphire (1300 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Brown diamond (6000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Blue diamond (6000 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Black star sapphire (1300 gp). Pink diamond (6000 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Blue sapphire (1300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He hates goblins. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Altho is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Shipwright arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Altho alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has achieved small success as a Shipwright.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Enemies, Family, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 12000 gp. Citrine (50 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Zircon (50 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a blue armored body suit, with a simple black line shooting up and back down. Her tied-back hair is silver. Her gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. Yebe was born on a far eastern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Shoemaker. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 11000 gp. Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). White opal (500 gp). Rose (40 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Moonstone (40 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His childhood dream was to be a Cook, but he was a colossal failure. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 700 pp. A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1100 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.