Description: An older man who is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down, he is not a threatening figure. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. He has white eyes and a black hat with a red feather.

Personality: He is a Architect first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born to a Fisher, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and regain custody of his daughter

Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Poor, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 400 gp. Black pearl (1100 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has amber eyes and a yellow hat with a red feather.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. 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: She was born at the edge of vast forest. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She tends to her Interpreter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 70 gp. Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Rose (50 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. His tied-back hair is blonde. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Mortician born in the past three hundred years. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Mortician. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to settle down with his crush

Bonds: Job, Rich, Military, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 16000 sp. Carnelian (60 gp). Brown diamond (2000 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Fire opal (800 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Coral (90 gp). Citrine (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'2" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. Her moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her top brown hat.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Eldeth was born the youngest of three triplets. Because her mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, brigands burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the east, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her father from journeying east to reunite her family. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 100 pp. Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (80 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.