Description: This younger middle-aged woman tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her brown hair is braided into rings. Her gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: The child of a Glassblower, who enjoyed hunting, Alain was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Passionate, Persistence, Entrepeneur. Bonds: In love, Job, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 700 pp. Blue quartz (13 gp). Rose (50 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp).

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His chestnut hair is braided into rings. His eyes are likewise black. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Star ruby (400 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Amber (130 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Citrine (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length black hair. Her eyes are likewise amber.

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 disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born in the west to a Apothecary, Myev learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has worked as a Apothecary like her father before her.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. White pearl (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Galinndan was born the youngest of three triplets. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Flaws: Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 6'7" western man, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has done his best to style his blonde hair to look like a famous performer. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Thokk was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. After a long history of fighting, Thokk and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 8000 gp. Star ruby (1300 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Star ruby (1300 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). White opal (1300 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Amber (140 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp).

Description: This malnourished man wears a brown coat over a blue low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head. His white hair is matted, messy, and big. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Beggar. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He got into the Beggar business at a young age. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Beggar. He has worked as a Beggar like his father before him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (80 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a tight fitting white shirt and pants. Her brown hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. She has amber eyes and a white hat with a green feather.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Harriet will drive conversation. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Harriet lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is content; and doesn't want to be a herbalist and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Extrovert, Professionalism. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 300 pp. Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Coral (130 gp). Jet (130 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Eye agate (10 gp).