Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her hair is long and red with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small tan clips. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Nature. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (20 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (20 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 3'11" and wears dark leathers with embroidery. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length silver hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is mildly Dwarf supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and half-elven compassion

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Racist, Shy, Insomniac. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 5000 gp. Chalcedony (30 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp).

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. She has shaved her head bald. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Oriel's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 400 pp. Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Jet (100 gp). Black opal (1400 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). Sard (70 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged woman is dressed in an above average manner and is in decent physical shape. She has dyed her greying copper crest a little too much giving a sharp copper color. Her eyes are likewise red.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Megren was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Hedonist, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 9000 gp. Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Amber (140 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, white shirt, and pastel tie. His red hair is cut short. This brown eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: The child of a Junk Dealer, who enjoyed hunting, Veit was taken on many hunting expeditions. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to reunite with his absent father

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 8000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (20 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (50 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (20 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp).

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 prefers to wear flannel. She has no crest. Her eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the north. She worked as a nervous Layabout and found it very stressful. She has achieved small success as a Layabout.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 5000 gp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. Her red fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. 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: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 21000 gp. Amber (160 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Sard (50 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Coral (160 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.