Description: She dresses like a well dressed Dilettante does, and carries daggers. Her crest is short and copper. Her red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A gifted student she started as a Bather, but she got bored and became a Dilettante. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. He has violet eyes and a blue hat with a green feather.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Arumawann was born with his father's beautiful face. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the south were limited. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. His chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Jebeddo was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 310 gp. Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Peridot (80 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His hair is silver and very short. 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 likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is a great chef.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 70 gp. Moonstone (80 gp).

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: To be a Junk Dealer again; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Logical, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she very much looks the part of a Barrister. Her brown hair is knotted and matted. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gray eyes.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. 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: Volen was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To be a Courier again; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She keeps her auburn hair in a pixie cut. She has violet eyes.

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 Halfling in existence. She is a great chef.

History: She was born in the east. A gifted student she started as a Barber, but she got bored and became a Miller. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her gray fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Gifted from a young age, Pelt studied abroad. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Pelt fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To be a Blacksmith again; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He is physically well-built. He keeps his red hair in a pixie cut. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

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. Thorin enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He bought a monstrous two handed axe and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Nature. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 30 pp.