Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. Her hair is long and silver with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small red clips. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

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 dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She typically wears yellow cloth garments or leather armor. Her chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Ermina lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Family, Religious. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: He prefers to wear grey pants and tee shirts. He sports a flattop hair cut. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Locksmith who has hired him part-time. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and he's in love

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Has a crush, Family, Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 210 gp. 3 Antitoxin.

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His hair is short and red. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. The war was a terrible time for him, and Quarion does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Military, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is renowned for his bright white suits and hats. His hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Shipwright they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Merchant, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He prefers to wear green clothing when he does not wear armor. His crest is cut close to his head. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Secretive, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Server

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1200 pp. Zircon (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. He has dyed his greying yellow fur a little too much giving a sharp yellow color. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Art was born the youngest of three triplets. A gifted student he started as a Courier, but he got bored and became a Herbalist. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To protect his home; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Bonds: Job, Family, Guardian. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 5000 gp. Star rose quartz (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp). White pearl (160 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Rich purple corundum (1200 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Amber (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.