Description: He wears yellow robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a hammer, but if one is not available he will default to his warhammer. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1600 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (120 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1100 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (120 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (100 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She prefers to wear grey pants and tee shirts. She is physically well-built. Her black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She worked as a nervous Herbalist and found it very stressful. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 9000 gp. White pearl (130 gp). Star ruby (1000 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Blue star sapphire (1000 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: With violet face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She has done her best to style her blonde hair to look like a famous performer. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Gnomish companion (her 'brother'). She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 3000 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (70 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (80 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (70 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (80 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (70 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (70 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp).

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He prefers to wear blue clothing when he does not wear armor. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Soapmaker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He wants revenge against goblins; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 500 pp. Coral (110 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Jet (110 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Iolite (60 gp).

Description: He stands about 4'3" and wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His chestnut hair is still thick. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing writing.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 7000 gp. Jade (100 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Star ruby (1500 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Citrine (40 gp).

Description: She dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She carries with her a set of shortspears, each one with a topaz on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. In her 11th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Barbena alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Barbena fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and she wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 4000 gp. Chrysoprase (70 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a tan vest and prefers red and grey shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 3000 gp. Violet garnet (300 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Sard (40 gp). Sard (40 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Jet (60 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). Rose (40 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). 1 Major magic item.