Description: She is a husky woman, who wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. Her chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Arha hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Arha was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She tends to her Scribe job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing her hectic life and new scribe responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist, Depressed. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1000 gp. Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (60 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (60 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (100 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy purple stubble. He very much looks the part of a Cook. He has a hunchback. His purple hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His eyes are white and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He worked as a nervous Cook and found it very stressful. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Cook.

Motivation: To be a Slave Trader again; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 600 pp. Golden pearl (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Eye agate (14 gp).

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She got into the Gardener business at a young age. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Gardener for hire.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and balancing her hectic life and new gardener responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1700 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (50 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (50 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 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 (30 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (50 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp).

Description: This woman is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her rusty crest is heavily combed to the right. Her gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She came across an abandoned tomb where she found a relic that called out to her. After picking it up she was cursed by vampirism.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Attractive. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 600 pp. Chrysoprase (30 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Coral (150 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Coral (150 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Coral (150 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears bulky tan painted plate armor. Her auburn hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Soapmaker who has hired her part-time. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Born to a Server, her mother struggled to pay the bills. A gifted student she started as a Server, but she got bored and became a Soapmaker. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Soapmaker for hire.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Has a crush, Enemies, Poor, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 9000 gp. Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Black opal (900 gp). Rich purple corundum (900 gp). Jade (130 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). White pearl (130 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears dull red sweaters, loose grey pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed pickaxe, just in case. She has dyed her greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. Her ears are large.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. 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: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Religious. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 1000 pp. Sard (20 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Rose (20 gp).

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her hair is silver and curly. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

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 went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand her business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 3000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.