Description: This malnourished man wears grey leather gloves, a grey jacket, and tight pants. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Harbek was born with his mother's beautiful face. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Harbek has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease, Emotional. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Golden pearl (40 gp). 1 Good lock.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears professional attire. Her hair is chestnut and very short. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and a strong sense of loyalty to dwarven people

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 30 pp. Lapis lazuli (15 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He is typically in his Slave Trader uniform, marred by teas. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He is baby faced.

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. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Nordak 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. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Slave Trader for hire.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His hair is short and golden. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Balimaar is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Balimaar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Human conditions. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 390 gp. Tourmaline (70 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Red garnet (70 gp).

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He carries with him a set of hand crossbows on his belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. His hair is black and curly. This hazel eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears red trousers with blue and brown striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His brown hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Halfling in existence. 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, Howard is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Howard hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Howard was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls; and many gnolls want him driven away

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: She likes to wear green tank tops with black skirt. She keeps her brown hair in a pixie cut. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Uzza wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Uzza is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She is content; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her glaive with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Sporting a blonde mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is a great chef.

History: Juliana lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Bounty Hunter for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a yellow armored body suit, with a simple black line shooting up and back down. His golden hair is cut short. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

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 Half-Elves in the east were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 120 gp.