Description: A pudgy woman standing about 2'9" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She wears a colorful flower in her black hair. She has violet eyes.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: The child of a Carpenter, who enjoyed hunting, Pearl was taken on many hunting expeditions. A gifted student she started as a Carpenter, but she got bored and became a Jeweler. She has achieved small success as a Jeweler.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and balancing her hectic life and new jeweler responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: She usually wears her brown robe and has her axe always slung over her shoulder. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her hair is cut close to her head. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

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. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Sage arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. 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: Money/treasure; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Flaws: Insomniac, Emotional, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: Aquamarine (200 gp). Azurite (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He wears his red hair up. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with his Bricklayer father left him crippled. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Terse, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1500 gp.

Description: She wears a grey shirt with thin green vertical stripes and red pants, and carries hand crossbows. Her brown hair is smooth and relatively long. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her father worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled father and took her father's old job. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with her sister.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 150 gp. 4 Acid flasks.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears a blue vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his blue boots flare out at the collars. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has no hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He became a Doctor soon after.

Motivation: To be a Fletcher again.

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 4000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her hair is brown and very short. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Neega lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 40 pp. Hematite (14 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp).

Description: 5'6" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. Her brown hair is knotted and matted. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Laborer. 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: Expand her business; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: Eye agate (14 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has amber eyes and a blue hat with a grey feather.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Arumawann was born with his mother's beautiful face. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He is greedy; and doesn't want to be a map maker and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Insomniac, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her sword with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her violet eyes.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She is a Maurezhi in disguise. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Halfling companion (her 'brother'). She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 7000 sp.