Description: He is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. He wears an entirely grey suit with blue socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He has a hunchback. His hair is black and curly. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Rurik isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Dwarven unity. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Weaver mother left him crippled. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 110 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (140 gp).

Description: An older woman who is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time, she is not a threatening figure. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Jacoba grew up listening to her father's many stories. Jacoba 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 has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Pink pearl (70 gp).

Description: An older man who wears a fancy black suit, he is not a threatening figure. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His skin is flawless and his gold eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Actor. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing singing.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. Recently the stress of being a Actor has made it difficult for him to sleep.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and balancing his hectic life and new actor responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This late middle aged woman has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her red robe and is in decent physical shape. Her chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. She has violet eyes and a tan hat with a red feather.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Numba has worked very hard to control her curse. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 190 gp. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a brown vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her yellow leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her brown boots flare out at the collars. Her cinnamon fur is heavily combed to the right. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. 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 granted divine powers by her dying sister.

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 she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job, Debt. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 800 sp.