Description: An older woman who wears a white collared shirt and brown skirt. She accessorizes with a tan scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt, she is not a threatening figure. Her moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: She is a Merchant first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was born in a small forest village. In her 13th year, her parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Emen alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy auburn hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Nutae was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Nutae has worked very hard to control his curse. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Spice Merchant for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She stands about 3'0" and prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Painter arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her parents enrolled her in a Warlock school at a young age so that she could practice her necromantic talents. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1600 sp. Hematite (4 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). 1 Bullseye lantern. 1 Average lock. 1 Hourglass.

Description: She is renowned for her bright black dresses and hats. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She sports red long hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. In her 17th year, her parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Vola alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 360 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His orange fur is lengthy. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Jade lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants revenge against drow; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Philantrophist, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1500 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (120 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears dull white sweaters, loose grey pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed dagger, just in case. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. 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: He got into the Unemployed business at a young age. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 7000 gp. Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This western man wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His clothes are grease stained in places. His silver hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the west. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Raymond fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Server

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 2500 gp. Banded agate (7 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp).