Description: She is in excellent shape and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: Dalaba is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Dalaba was born on a far northern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Ruler. 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: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 600 gp. Amethyst (90 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp).

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She wears a colorful flower in her copper crest. She has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and money/treasure

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (50 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp).

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. He is portly but not overly obese. He keeps his white hair in a flapper bob. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed blue hat.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Unemployed for hire.

Motivation: He is greedy; and expand his business

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Family, Job, Rich. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 2400 gp. Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Sard (50 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears long strands of ruby and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He carries with him a set of longswords, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Banker profession.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. 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 Servant. He has worked as a Servant like his father before him.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Qemuel is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. 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: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Persistence, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Detective

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: Malachite (10 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Jet (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 4'3" and prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Tabaxi culture. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Apothecary profession.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Mayor arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Mayor for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears just a blue suit, and is pretty ugly. He has wavy auburn hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. At some point he was captured by gnolls and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Thervan was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Performer

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

Possessions: 120 pp. Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (170 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp).

Description: 6'5" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His golden hair is heavily combed to the left. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is a Spice Merchant first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Krûk hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He became a Spice Merchant soon after.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: A delicate brass dragon egg (60 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (50 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (60 gp). Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1400 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (60 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (60 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are brown.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Bricklayer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Engong fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 170 pp. Sardonyx (40 gp).