Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears tattered old clothes. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Pallabar hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. He tends to his Ploughman job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 4000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She has no hair. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She was born in the south. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 8000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (120 gp). Solid gold idol (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 (100 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (120 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears green painted combat armor at almost all times. She has styled her scarlet crest well, parting it to the right. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Nuthra hails from a village terrorized by illithids. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Nuthra was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 2000 gp. Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Fire opal (800 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and prefers to wear flannel. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy silver hair. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Riardon was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 11000 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1300 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1800 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (80 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (80 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1800 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This northern woman wears professional attire. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Driindar is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Driindar was born on a far northern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Dyer. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and a deep hatred of giants

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Zircon (50 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Sard (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Black opal (1400 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she prefers to wear flannel. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Born to a Navigator, her father struggled to pay the bills. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Poor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 2300 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (60 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (60 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (60 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears violet trousers with blue and brown striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His brown hair is cut short. He has green eyes.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. After coming to the age of reason, Mindartis took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to be a adventurer again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Rich. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 18000 gp. Obsidian (16 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Rich purple corundum (900 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Amber (70 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Pink diamond (4000 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Blue sapphire (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.