Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a black costume with the symbols of strength on his torso. His white hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are black.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Baker

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1000 pp. Emerald (400 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she prefers to wear grey clothing when she does not wear armor. Her golden hair is thinning but still full. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. After coming to the age of reason, Yurgunn took it upon herself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Spy

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1100 pp. Smoky quartz (40 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Sard (40 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is wearing a tight green one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape, and carries scimitars. He has done his best to style his blue crest to look like a famous performer. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gold eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. 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: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 7000 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She has a long silver ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Gifted from a young age, Anastrianna studied abroad. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 east. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Terse, Selfish. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (40 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (40 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He keeps his bronze crest in a flapper bob. This red eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Vrondiss is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born in the south to a Fisher, Vrondiss learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He struck the Fisher job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To be a Shipwright again.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Moss agate (14 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Emerald (1100 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Zircon (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. He has done his best to style his black fur to look like a famous performer. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. Emerald enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Emerald was born with his father's beautiful face. After coming to the age of reason, Emerald took it upon himself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. 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 has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 7000 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (30 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears tattered old clothes. With bright silver hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with dancing. She constantly tries to fill her life with dancing. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Oriel was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her parents enrolled her in a Druid school at a young age so that she could practice her druidic talents. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 300 pp. Emerald (800 gp). Sard (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Hematite (5 gp).