Description: He is a husky man, who wears a tan vest and prefers yellow and black shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His white hair is cut short. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 9 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Caeldrim never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Joker, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Banded agate (11 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has dyed his greying green crest a little too much giving a sharp green color. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Stableman business.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Being born in the south, 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 south 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. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Slave, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 30 gp. Brown-green garnet (70 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'4" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears tattered old clothes. Her red crest is lengthy. Her ears are large.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Debt. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She has wavy silver hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Emotional, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 40 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

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

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He wears a simple violet robe with brown stripes complete with hood. He sports a long brown beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born in the east. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Bookbinder responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: He stands about 6'5" and wears a green vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His grey leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his green boots flare out at the collars. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He wears his copper crest up. His gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He came across an abandoned tomb where he found a relic that called out to him. After picking it up he was cursed by vampirism.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Disciplined, Extrovert. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. Her orange fur is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes are a pleasant copper.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Opinionated, Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her bronze crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are red.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. 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: Born in the west to a Locksmith, Jheri learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.