Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a yellow cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. Her white hair is long and unkept. This violet eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Herleva hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her singing career. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Seamstress arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In her 13th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Herleva alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Expand her business; and many gnolls want her driven away

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is dressed in a clean yellow cloak covering her clean studded leather, and she perpetually has her ceremonial dagger ready. Her head has been shaved. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with her Masseuse father left her crippled. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional, Selfish, Disease. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: A 4'2" western woman, she dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with blue slacks. Her black hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a green tunic with black highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. His crest is short and green. His eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: Mugrunden hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his singing career. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He is a Lycanthrope in disguise. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Expand his business; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Zircon (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Jet (120 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Blue star sapphire (1300 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears professional attire. She has a long chestnut ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. 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 raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Fletcher arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Military. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he very much looks the part of a Miller. His white hair is matted, messy, and big. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. Conrad enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Conrad liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shortbow.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His blonde hair and beard is wavy and long. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and revenge

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She usually wears her brown robe and has her mace always slung over her shoulder. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has wavy auburn hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Soapmaker born in the past three hundred years. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Rael was born on a far eastern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Soapmaker. He tends to his Soapmaker job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 200 gp. Deep green spinel (80 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.