Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears suspenders and blue workpants. Her shirt is white, and she wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. Her hair is long and chestnut with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small blue clips. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. Syllin enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She tends to her Map Maker job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Coral (150 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Rose (50 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a green coat. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is mildly Tiefling supremacist, though he does not identify as such. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His first spouse was a Mason, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a black coat. With bright brown hair. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born in the west. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Painter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and a strong sense of loyalty to elven people

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a black cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. Her green crest, when down, is lengthy. Her red eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson black hat.

Personality: Farideh hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her dancing career. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Herbalist arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 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 her loneliness to end.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Rich, Debt. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp).