Description: She is a mite stocky and usually wears her black robe and has her falchion always slung over her shoulder. Her black hair is heavily combed to the left. Her black eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. 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 on a small isolated farm. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur, Justice. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 30 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (50 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. 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 smooth and relatively long. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when goblins swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter.

Bonds: Rich, Job, Family, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 800 sp. Deep green spinel (130 gp).

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She wears her red hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Locksmith business.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Locksmith arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She worked as a nervous Locksmith and found it very stressful. 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: A rival would like her out of the picture; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 14000 sp. Sard (20 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp).

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her scarlet crest is smooth and relatively long. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Lazy. Bonds: Poor, Debt, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 3000 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).