Description: This malnourished man is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, red shirt, and violet tie. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has achieved small success as a Map Maker.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac, Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 10000 cp. Chrysoprase (60 gp).

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a tan coat. Her black hair is greasy and uncared for. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Quelenna isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Elven unity. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her martial abilities were realized during a raid on her village. 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: She has money and likes to spend it; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 18000 cp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She is dressed in a clean green cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her long red crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She has all her life been fascinated with singing.

History: Vezera was born the youngest of three triplets. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 5'5" and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. Her auburn hair is lengthy. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Merchant business.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Baggi was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her childhood dream was to be a Barkeep, but she was a colossal failure. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and expand her business

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His hair is brown and very short. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Nuraval was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 3000 sp. Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Moonstone (40 gp).

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her scarlet crest is lengthy. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her first spouse was a Glassblower, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 900 gp. Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears bulky black painted plate armor. Her red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Fortune-teller hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To be a Mortician again.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp).