Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears just a brown suit. Her golden hair, when down, is lengthy. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Balifra abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She tends to her Interpreter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Jeweler profession.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Slave, Military. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Locksmith. She tends to her Locksmith job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Fearful, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears a white coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon his head. Sporting a red mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. 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: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 600 gp. Malachite (12 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Elf, and stands approximately 5'11". He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his greataxe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and his gloved hand is found clutching a greataxe. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Aramil hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. Aramil abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Disease, Addict. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1100 gp. Azurite (11 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp).

Description: This eastern woman wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the east. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Slave Trader; and she wants to get laid

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Jet (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears professional attire, and he perpetually has his longsword ready. His tied-back hair is brown. His green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Ivellios was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Bellfounder. He struck the Bellfounder job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Expand his business; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: 4'9" and muscular, this western woman wears long strands of topaz and short tan dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Quillathe embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Brewer arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a brown vest and prefers white and blue shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has no hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He worked as a nervous Barrister and found it very stressful. He has achieved small success as a Barrister.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 300 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.