Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. She has dyed her greying scarlet crest a little too much giving a sharp scarlet color. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She moved out west to avoid the crime she committed. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To be a Jeweler again; and she is greedy

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Gold music box (4000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (120 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (50 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears long strands of amber and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His auburn hair is long and unkept. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. 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, Kyle is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Kyle lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has done his best to style his silver crest to look like a famous performer. He is baby faced.

Personality: Quarethon speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born in a small forest village. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Quarethon grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Quarethon. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 7000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She wears her green crest down. Her red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Havilar speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Havilar hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Her parents were killed by illithids in a raid when she was still a young child. The illithids captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and revenge

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: Zircon (60 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'10" and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright yellow and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Unemployed who has hired him part-time. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He comes from a rich western family. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To be a Carter again; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 500 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (70 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (140 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.