Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She wears her gold crest down. Her eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. 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: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 2000 pp. Blue quartz (7 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a tight fitting grey shirt and pants. His hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

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 vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Many giants want him driven away.

Ideals: Disciplined, Opinionated. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 4000 gp. Hematite (7 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Hematite (7 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy black crest. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has a hunchback. His black crest is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are likewise red.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He uses divination through singing.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ghesh grew up listening to his mother's many stories. His druidic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. 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: Money/treasure; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 11000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (180 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple green line shooting up and back down. Her long red fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She hates brigands. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Jade was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She wants revenge against brigands.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 6000 gp. Zircon (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Blue sapphire (900 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Amber (140 gp). Rose (20 gp). Star ruby (900 gp). Blue sapphire (900 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her hair is long and brown with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small brown clips. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Avice was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 2000 gp. Black pearl (600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Golden pearl (120 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Rose (80 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Golden pearl (120 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Black opal (600 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Blue sapphire (600 gp). Sard (80 gp). Hematite (4 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her blue crest is braided into rings. Her red eyes peer out from beneath her feathered black hat.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Assassin for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand her business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 9000 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (170 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (40 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (170 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His white crest is long and unkept. His ears are large.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 800 pp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (30 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).