Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. Her golden hair is wavy and long. She is baby faced.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. 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-sister.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Naivara was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Map Maker and was forced into it by her family.

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family, Mentor, In love. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 5000 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (900 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (20 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (180 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (180 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman likes to wear ponchos typically of a light tan in addition to tight pants. She has styled her red hair well, parting it to the right. Her gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Maiathah abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Job, Military, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 4000 gp. Silver pearl (120 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Jade (120 gp). Sard (40 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Blue sapphire (500 gp). Jade (120 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Blue sapphire (500 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Black star sapphire (500 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Moss agate (6 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a brown coat over a blue low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon her head, and is pretty ugly. She has white hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 3000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Sard (60 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Coral (130 gp). Sard (60 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Black opal (1000 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). White pearl (130 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Star ruby (1000 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Sard (60 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 2'8" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She dresses like a well dressed Slave Trader does. Her white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Jo was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 8 years.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Slave Trader and was forced into it by her family.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1900 pp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (150 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (150 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (150 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (150 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (20 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (150 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (150 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (150 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 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 (20 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (900 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Knight. Her red hair is thinning but still full. Her skin is flawless and her gray eyes scan people very quickly.

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 lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 800 pp. Smoky quartz (80 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Sard (80 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was born into a rich family. A gifted student he started as a Bowyer, but he got bored and became a Courier. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Courier for hire.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he's in love

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 600 pp. Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Sardonyx (70 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.

Description: He wears green painted combat armor at almost all times. He wears a colorful flower in his copper crest. His red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Painter born in the past three hundred years. 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: Mehen was born with his mother's beautiful face. 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 Painter. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Painter for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Painter responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 2000 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A small bag of saffron. (60 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1800 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (90 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.