Description: This woman wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on her left hand. She has wavy brown hair. Her eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 5 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Siffress never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Military, In love. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 9000 gp. Hematite (6 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He keeps his chestnut hair in a flapper bob. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Born to a Herbalist, his mother struggled to pay the bills. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 5000 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (60 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her hair is cut close to her head. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: She comes from a rich western family. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Layabout work with an outfit from a few towns over. Layabout work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. 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 wants to get laid; and to settle down with her crush

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 4000 gp. White opal (600 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man is renowned for his bright black suits and hats and is in decent physical shape. He wears his brown hair up. His red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He found a children's book about a Tiefling Druid who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and to protect his home

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 21000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his ceremonial dagger with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around his ears. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and human compassion

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Mayor

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

Possessions: 300 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Jet (120 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Golden pearl (120 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Onyx (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull brown iron scale mail. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Syllin was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 north. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. White pearl (150 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Black opal (1600 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Blue-white diamond (4000 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp). Coral (150 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears just a grey suit and is in decent physical shape. Her red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing dancing.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has never given up on her dancing dream.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south.

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 10000 gp. Violet garnet (200 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1500 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1500 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Sard (30 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.