Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has white eyes and a green hat with a black feather.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 99. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Engraver arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. 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 is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he is content

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Emerald (1400 gp). Emerald (1400 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Performer but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Performer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and many gnolls want him driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 400 gp. A delicate brass dragon egg (40 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (40 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length auburn hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. 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 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.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1000 gp. Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'9" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his shield with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His hair is brown and very short. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Akmen hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his singing career. Akmen is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Akmen was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and doesn't want to be a spice merchant and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 900 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp).

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Miller does, and he perpetually has his shortbow ready. His hair is long and black with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small white clips. His beard is golden, braided, and well cared for. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Born in the west to a Miller, Ozyman learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: To be a Blacksmith again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 390 gp.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a grey shirt with thin black vertical stripes and white pants. Her white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson grey hat.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Born in the south to a Merchant, Giselle learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has worked as a Merchant like her father before her.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears dull violet sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed dagger, just in case. She keeps her white hair in a flapper bob. Her eyes are brown.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the east. She always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted druidic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; 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: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1400 sp. Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). 3 Antitoxin.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a tan coat. She keeps her chestnut hair in a flapper bob. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born in the south to a Bellfounder, Nissa learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She's also a talented Bather, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To be a Bather again; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Slave. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 3'11" and wears baggy brown pantaloons and a violet scarf. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His white hair is heavily combed to the left. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 4000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 gp).