Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 14. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was born into a rich family. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform 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: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Glassblower

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

Possessions: 600 gp. Banded agate (9 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp).

Description: This malnourished man wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His blonde hair is braided into rings. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Born in the west to a Shepherd, Bertram learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Bertram 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 set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to be a actor again

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 370 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her silver crest is matted, messy, and big. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Farideh lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull blue iron scale mail. She has done her best to style her white hair to look like a famous performer. Her skin is flawless and her gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her brass crest is unkempt and raggedy. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. Driindar was born on a far eastern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Detective. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a sai, but if one is not available she will default to her shortspear. She wears a colorful flower in her chestnut hair. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: Reeza speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Reeza was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. Some 8 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Reeza never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

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

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 7000 sp.

Description: This malnourished woman wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her black hair is braided into rings. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Arara hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her dancing career. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She 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. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Family, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. His brown hair is heavily combed to the left. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Tharivol embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: He has a missing right arm. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. 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: He seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 150 pp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp).