Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length red hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. A true patriot, Mara would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born in the south to a Carpenter, Mara learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 east. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Alexandrite (400 gp). Sard (40 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Blue-white diamond (3000 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). White opal (1100 gp). Sard (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a falchion on her belt. She sports a flattop fur cut. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 18000 gp. White pearl (150 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). Canary diamond (2000 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His auburn hair and beard is wavy and long. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Rose (80 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Star ruby (700 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. She has styled her red hair well, parting it to the right. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Maynild is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She uses divination through singing.

History: Maynild lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 7000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (30 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 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 is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around his ears. He is baby faced.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. 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 to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Doctor.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Black star sapphire (1400 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Jet (40 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). White opal (1400 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Clear bright green emerald (6000 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Sard (30 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Layabout does. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His gray fur is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. Spear 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 got into the Layabout business at a young age. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Layabout work with an outfit from a few towns over. Layabout work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Barber they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Layabout, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and balancing his hectic life and new layabout responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Brown diamond (3000 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Black star sapphire (500 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Fire opal (500 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Hematite (15 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his longbow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He keeps his long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Kelter will drive conversation. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was raised in a island tribe. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 300 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (60 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (100 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).