Description: A 5'5" southern woman, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has dyed her greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her broad blue hat.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She got into the Engraver business at a young age. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and balancing her hectic life and new engraver responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 3000 gp. Blue sapphire (900 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Blue star sapphire (900 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears black trousers with blue and white striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her crest is cut close to her head. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her 17th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Crown-heir responsibilities is difficult; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 200 pp. Hematite (16 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Blue sapphire (900 gp). Amber (110 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Banded agate (16 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He has wavy red hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Born in the east to a Layabout, Hobart learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has worked as a Layabout like his father before him.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he's in love

Ideals: Opinionated, Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Has a crush, Job, Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 700 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. A true patriot, Oriax would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. While he appears to be a normal Tiefling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Military, Has a crush. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 12000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (30 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (30 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (90 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (30 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. 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 extraordinarily eccentric. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. After a long history of fighting, Nedda and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter.

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1000 pp. Black opal (1100 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. The war was a terrible time for him, and Lûgnak does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. After a long history of fighting, Lûgnak and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Fire opal (500 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Deep green spinel (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.

Description: He wears suspenders and blue workpants. His shirt is white, and he wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. His hair is blonde and curly. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Mindartis was raised in a hard working conservative environment. After coming to the age of reason, Mindartis took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Actor for hire.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 700 pp. Citrine (80 gp). Black opal (500 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Coral (60 gp). Blue sapphire (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp).