Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a red coat. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. This gray eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. 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: She is content.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: In love, Mentor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 6000 gp. Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Amber (70 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Black opal (1300 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Jet (70 gp). Aquamarine (1200 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.

Description: This woman wears pastel trousers with white and tan striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her cinnamon fur is braided into rings. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She tends to her Ploughman job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Military, Slave. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1400 pp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Gold and ruby ring (12000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (20 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 3'3" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull grey iron scale mail. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Engraver. He refers to his adoptive mother 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: Bilbron was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Engraver responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Poor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 2000 gp. Rock crystal (70 gp). Emerald (1100 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Jade (140 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His hair is long and golden with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small black clips. His beard is chestnut, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 6000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her red hair is thinning but still full. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 2000 gp. Malachite (13 gp). Jet (50 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Blue star sapphire (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 3'11". He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Farmer. His auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: Olunt hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his singing career. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born into a rich family. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 900 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She has green eyes.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her music with anyone who is interested.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister.

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 8000 gp. Fire opal (1600 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Black opal (1600 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Jade (160 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). Coral (160 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Jet (160 gp).