Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has a long brown beard with little hanging trinkets. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the south. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. Being a Jeweler kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 400 pp. Sardonyx (40 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). Coral (150 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He has moderate length brown hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

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 keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He is a Chromatic Dragon in disguise. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 7000 sp. Violet garnet (400 gp). Coral (130 gp).

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He carries a battered glaive and tarnished mace as well. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. This brown eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Korfel is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was born in the east. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Korfel fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a yellow shirt with thin black vertical stripes and white pants. His chestnut hair is heavily combed to the left. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He comes from a rich western family. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered west to less war torn lands. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and money/treasure

Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 50 pp. Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp).

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull yellow iron scale mail. With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 700 pp. Blue quartz (7 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.