Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has a very tight haircut. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 88. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. 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, Gildmak is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the north were limited. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Red garnet (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This eastern woman wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her blonde hair is heavily combed to the right. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the east. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 700 pp. Jade (110 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Black opal (1300 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Star ruby (1300 gp). Amber (110 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. He has no hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is a Banker first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Hupe was born on a far southern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Banker. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Banker for hire.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 6000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (40 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (170 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (40 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Silver ewer (40 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she is typically in her Sage uniform. Her white crest is thinning but still full. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her red eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: The child of a Carter, who enjoyed hunting, Kadana was taken on many hunting expeditions. Kadana liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To be a Carter again.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 8000 gp. Azurite (13 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Black opal (1100 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Jade (80 gp). Jet (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). White opal (1100 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Black opal (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Animal Trainer arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Optimist, Extrovert, Logical. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 3000 gp. Silver pearl (80 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Black opal (800 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a black costume with the symbols of the sun god on her torso. Her red hair is heavily combed to the left. She wears large thick round spectacles.

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 skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it; and many gnolls want her driven away

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 6000 gp. Aquamarine (500 gp). Blue star sapphire (1000 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She carries with her a set of monstrous two handed axes, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She keeps her gold crest in a pixie cut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Professionalism. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1100 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp).