Description: He wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. He has styled his golden hair well, parting it to the right. This hazel eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. Varis liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. After a long history of fighting, Varis and his spouse have recently divorced.

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

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 2400 pp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (40 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (40 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a white cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. She has slicked back chestnut hair. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She has all her life been fascinated with music.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She tends to her Body Guard job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and she has a crush on the local ploughman

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 2000 gp. Zircon (30 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp). White opal (400 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). Red garnet (140 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: He wears just a brown suit. He is physically well-built. His hair is white and curly. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He has worked as a Barrister like his mother before him.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new barrister responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 11000 gp. Jade (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Emerald (500 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp).

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and green handkerchief worn on her right side. She has dyed her greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Sage profession.

History: Born in the south to a Spice Merchant, Dalaba learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and to protect her home

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 8000 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (180 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (180 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (80 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (180 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He usually wears his grey robe and has his sai always slung over his shoulder, marred by sweets. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Gimgen is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 7000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (150 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (150 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her gray fur, when down, is lengthy. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. While she appears to be a normal Tabaxi, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 8000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a brown costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. She is portly but not overly obese. Her hair is cut close to her head. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She got into the Brewer business at a young age. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered east to less war torn lands. Recently the stress of being a Brewer has made it difficult for her to sleep.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Insomniac, PTSD. Bonds: Nature, Job, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). Gold and ruby ring (10000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.