Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is typically in his Cook uniform. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Quarion enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Quarion was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His childhood dream was to be a Fletcher, but he was a colossal failure. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To be a Fletcher again.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Alexandrite (1000 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Sard (30 gp). Rose (30 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears long strands of sapphire and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She has moderate length black crest. Her gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. She worked as a nervous Mason and found it very stressful. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 600 pp. Jade (110 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Sard (30 gp). Rose (30 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Citrine (30 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. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull grey iron scale mail. Her hair, while still mostly purple, has prominent grey streaks. She has silver eyes.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Joker, Logical, Athletic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1000 gp. Azurite (14 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp).

Description: She wears a blue armored body suit, with a simple tan line shooting up and back down. She has dyed her greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born to a Junk Dealer, her father struggled to pay the bills. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 14000 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her fur is lavender and curly. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Adventurer business.

History: She comes from a rich western family. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. Aquamarine (800 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Rose (70 gp).

Description: 4'7" and muscular, this eastern man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 8000 gp. Pink pearl (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Black opal (1100 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). White opal (1100 gp). Citrine (40 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he usually wears his black robe and has his whip always slung over his shoulder. His hair is chestnut and curly. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Melech lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Guardian, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1300 pp. Fire opal (500 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). White opal (500 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp).