Description: This slender woman stands about 5'6". She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and yellow, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are likewise red. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 10000 gp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (80 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp).

Description: She wears professional attire. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her greatsword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. Her blonde hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Because her father participated in the massacre of their homeland, drow burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her mother from journeying west to reunite her family. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She wants revenge against drow; and revenge

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 11000 gp. Star rose quartz (50 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Sard (50 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a pastel vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her pastel boots flare out at the collars. Her fur is cut close to her head. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. After coming to the age of reason, Jade took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 600 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (70 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Dyer arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she is greedy

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Debt. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 11000 gp. Hematite (6 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Jet (120 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Jet (120 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.

Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He is portly but not overly obese. His red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Leucis was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Leucis was born on a far eastern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Armorer. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 11000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (50 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized yellow coat. Her hair is long and red with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small yellow clips. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Avice was born with her father's beautiful face. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has been helping groups of widows and orphans who have fled abusive spouses or lost their families to orcs.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 12000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Black opal (1600 gp).

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. Her skin is light but she possesses many green ritualistic tattoos. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has done her best to style her brown hair to look like a famous performer. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her father. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1000 gp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (50 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (50 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (50 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Silver ewer (50 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (170 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (50 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (170 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp).