Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a red small hat and red clothes, and is pretty ugly. Her chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Thea's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: The child of a Gardener, who enjoyed hunting, Thea was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: She stands about 4'10" and tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Oriel was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 40 pp. Golden yellow topaz (300 gp).

Description: He usually wears his violet robe and has his falchion always slung over his shoulder. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. 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, Halimath is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

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. He worked as a nervous Cartwright and found it very stressful. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to be a bowyer again

Ideals: Justice, Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 8000 cp. Black star sapphire (600 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Amethyst (130 gp).

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears just a white suit. Her auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed white hat.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She takes great joy in being the best Stylist in town.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Religious, Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 380 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is in excellent shape and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep yellow leather and dull violet iron scale mail. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Eleanor embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She comes from a rich western family. A gifted student she started as a Sculptor, but she got bored and became a Merchant. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: Red-brown spinel (130 gp). 1 Half-Plate.