Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. She has styled her auburn hair well, parting it to the left. Her ears are large.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. 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: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and doesn't want to be a merchant and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 100000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

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 is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Sarai was born the youngest of three triplets. Sarai was born on a far western plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Stylist. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 17000 sp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He wears his scarlet crest up. His red eyes peer out from beneath his broad black hat.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Elven culture. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. Through the years after Nadarr was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Nadarr's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has achieved small success as a Baker.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 70 pp. Rose (70 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp).

Description: Standing 5'2", this woman is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She has dyed her greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. Her eyes are likewise gold. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1800 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her club with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has a hunchback. Her brown hair is wavy and long. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. 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: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. When Lavinia reached her early adolescence her Halfling mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An older man who wears dull tan sweaters, loose pastel pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed lance, just in case, he is not a threatening figure. He has wavy red hair. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Caeldrim lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He worked as a nervous Glassblower and found it very stressful. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Crown-heir they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Glassblower, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Rich, Family, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 2100 sp.

Description: This man wears skinny pants and wears a black and brown robe with the hood down. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his right hand. His hair is blue and curly. His gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted druidic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Cynical, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (100 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His red hair is lengthy. His ears are large.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Through the years after Aldous was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Aldous's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1 Chain shirt. 1 Breastplate. 1 Breastplate. 1 Full Plate.

Description: This southern 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 red fur is braided into rings. Her eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Spear was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 300 pp. Aquamarine (1100 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.