Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. She wears a black cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings, marred by chocolates. Her moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Military, Slave. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1200 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (20 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (70 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (70 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (70 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2600 gp). Gold and ruby ring (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His red hair is still thick. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Vondal grew up listening to his mother's many stories. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Alexandrite (1600 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Amber (90 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Fire opal (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. 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: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Shava lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Actor hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Guardian, Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 800 pp. Sard (70 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). White opal (1600 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears suspenders and pastel workpants. Her shirt is black, and she wears a heavy pastel leather apron most of the time. Her black fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Shadow was born on a far eastern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Dilettante. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and doesn't want to be a dilettante and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 800 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (90 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (180 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He keeps his silver crest in a pixie cut. His eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Military. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1200 pp. Silver pearl (100 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Amber (100 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (800 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp).

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. His skin is dark but he possesses many white ritualistic tattoos. He dresses like a well dressed Scribe does. His blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. 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: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Scribe hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. 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: Balancing his hectic life and new Scribe responsibilities is difficult; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1100 pp. Emerald (400 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Jade (100 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). White opal (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She wears her silver hair down. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gray eyes.

Personality: She is a Locksmith first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has worked as a Locksmith like her father before her.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Locksmith responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 7000 gp. Chalcedony (80 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Emerald (1100 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Fire opal (1100 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Jet (150 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.