Description: He wears a black costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born to a Layabout, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 5000 gp. Jet (150 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Jet (150 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Amber (150 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). White opal (1400 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Rose (70 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Canary diamond (3000 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). 1 Major magic item. 1 Major magic item. 1 Major magic item.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She usually wears her brown robe and has her pickaxe always slung over her shoulder. Her silver hair is knotted and matted. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her brown eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. 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 Unemployed responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1200 pp. White pearl (140 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. His white hair is braided into rings. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born into a rich family. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Server

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 10000 gp. Obsidian (15 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Jet (40 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Zircon (50 gp).

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He is portly but not overly obese. His auburn hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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 is greedy; and revenge

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 2000 gp. Solid gold idol (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (70 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (70 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (170 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 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.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. Cory is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Gifted from a young age, Cory studied abroad. 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 spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 600 pp. Bloodstone (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Jacinth (4000 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a worn and beaten armor, and is pretty ugly. Her tied-back hair is black. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Andraste was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has worked as a Seamstress like her father before her.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Philantrophist, Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1200 pp. Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Coral (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Amber (80 gp). Fire opal (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She keeps her long scarlet crest kept up in a rat tail. Her fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Quespa hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Quespa has worked very hard to control her curse. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 6000 gp. Blue quartz (14 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.