Description: 3'3" and muscular, this southern man wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. Qualen was born on a far southern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Courier. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 3000 gp. Sard (20 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Coral (150 gp).

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Bookbinder. He is portly but not overly obese. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. His ears are large.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He got into the Bookbinder business at a young age. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Bookbinder for the past few years.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 6000 gp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (40 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (120 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A 6'2" northern woman, she wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her silver hair is smooth and relatively long. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 8000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (40 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (120 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a tan costume with the symbols of his god on his torso. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. 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 daughter.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Server

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 400 pp. Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp). Rich purple corundum (700 gp). Coral (110 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Sard (40 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Amber (110 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is renowned for his bright tan suits and hats, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His golden hair is heavily combed to the left. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He uses divination through singing.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He struck the Animal Trainer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: In love, Military, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 800 pp. Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp). Blue star sapphire (500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has wavy golden hair. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She got into the Bather business at a young age. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Eridred was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids.

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Job, Debt, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 500 pp. Alexandrite (400 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Rose (20 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: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He has moderate length brown fur. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. 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: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 500 pp. Amber (110 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Coral (110 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp). Black star sapphire (1300 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp).