Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears bulky white painted plate armor. With bright golden hair. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Jo was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 3000 gp. Smoky quartz (70 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Emerald (1400 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Obsidian (4 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a white coat over a red low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon her head. Her hair is short and silver. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the east were limited. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Sensitive, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 11000 gp. Hematite (9 gp). White pearl (50 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Black star sapphire (800 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (800 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Sard (40 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on her left hand. Her chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Elven conditions. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and tiefling compassion

Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 500 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he is dressed in a clean yellow cloak covering his clean studded leather. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. 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 is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. Percival enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Percival was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Percival was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Insomniac, Hedonist. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 3000 gp. Hematite (8 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Red garnet (110 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Amethyst (110 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a black costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. She wears her auburn hair down. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: To be a Priest again; and balancing her hectic life and new server responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Job. Occupation: Server

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1800 pp. Azurite (4 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Emerald (500 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is golden and curly. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Disciplined, Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Debt. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 10000 gp. Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Canary diamond (6000 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Coral (40 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Blue star sapphire (700 gp). Black star sapphire (700 gp). White opal (700 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Sard (80 gp). Azurite (10 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a tight fitting grey shirt and pants. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Carnelian (50 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Amber (130 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Obsidian (12 gp).