Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 5'0". She is wearing a long, white cloak, and her gloved hand is found clutching a shield. She has dyed her greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Volen was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Servant. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Persistence, Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 400 pp. Black pearl (1400 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'3" and wears a blue shirt with thin green vertical stripes and brown pants. His hair is short and white. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes goblins are coming to abduct people. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Raer was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. His childhood dream was to be a Bellfounder, but he was a colossal failure. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and elven compassion

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 2200 sp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Elves. Her skin is dark but she possesses many white ritualistic tattoos. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Gardener. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has achieved small success as a Gardener.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job, Nature. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with brown slacks. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. Her fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her writing with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Bather and was forced into it by her family.

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1600 gp. Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1600 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Red spinel (50 gp).