Description: An older man who wears grey robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a hand crossbow, but if one is not available he will default to his sai, he is not a threatening figure. He wears a colorful flower in his auburn hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Courier. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 8 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1000 pp. Malachite (4 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Jet (70 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Jade (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). White pearl (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears dull blue sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed axe, just in case. Her moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. 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: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Immigrant, In love, Rich, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 4000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Hematite (14 gp). White pearl (160 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs, marred by teas. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. His hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Beiro is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His first spouse was a Interpreter, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. 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: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and he is content

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1200 pp. Jade (150 gp). Pink pearl (150 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.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'10". She typically wears yellow cloth garments or leather armor. Her black hair is still thick. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is a Sculptor first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Rohesia was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature scimitar.

Motivation: To be a Stableman again; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Job, In love, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 7000 gp. Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She wears her red hair up in a very large beehive style do. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 12000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (180 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (180 gp).

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a black cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. Her chestnut hair is lengthy. Her skin is flawless and her red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Purah is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Purah hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 23000 gp. Red spinel (60 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Rose (50 gp). Sard (50 gp). White opal (1400 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is dressed in earthy colors with a white and blue handkerchief worn on his right side, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He takes great joy in being the best Mason in town.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. When Jak reached his early adolescence his Halfling father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He's also a talented Body Guard, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and he wants revenge against brigands

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: In love, Job, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 8000 gp. Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Blue-white diamond (5000 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Emerald (1100 gp).