Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. She carries with her a set of clubs, each one with a emerald on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her bronze crest is thinning but still full. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She got into the Dilettante business at a young age. Through the years after Saphara was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Saphara's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She's also a talented Bather, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and doesn't want to be a dilettante and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 200 gp. Violet garnet (900 gp). Jet (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is wearing a long, brown cloak. His brown fur is lengthy. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing poetry.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She usually wears her white robe and has her halberd always slung over her shoulder. Her moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. 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: To get a good night's sleep.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Fearful, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a large white jacket. He keeps his red hair in a flapper bob. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes drow are coming to abduct people. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Fortune-teller business.

History: Pirithin was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Pirithin has worked very hard to control his curse. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Revenge; and expand his business

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (80 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp).

Description: She wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants. She carries with her a set of lances on her belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. Her long blue hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Logical. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and typically wears green cloth garments or leather armor. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. Her black eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. 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 to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Cook responsibilities is difficult; and she is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Family, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 500 pp. Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp).

Description: This malnourished man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has moderate length cinnamon fur. His copper eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. Shifting enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 100 gp. Red garnet (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears tattered old clothes and is in decent physical shape. Her hair is auburn and curly. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She moved out north to avoid the crime she committed. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: She is typically in her Stableman uniform. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her copper crest, when down, is lengthy. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her red eyes.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. A gifted student she started as a Banker, but she got bored and became a Stableman. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

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

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 11000 gp. Onyx (70 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Sard (70 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.