Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. She wears a tight fitting yellow shirt and pants, marred by sweets. She is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around her ears. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. 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; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 500 pp. Black pearl (1300 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Blue sapphire (900 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'2" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His white crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of orcs may trigger it at times.

History: Born in the east to a Bowyer, Gargax learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He took after his mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his mother taught him to defend himself. When his mother died while fighting orcs, the young Gargax began to lead the lost caravan. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Smoky quartz (30 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Sard (30 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Black opal (600 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. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She has styled her chestnut hair well, parting it to the right. She is baby faced.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Rieta is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Mason. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Mason for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Mason responsibilities is difficult; and gnomish compassion

Ideals: Gifted, Justice. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 9000 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp).

Description: She has a missing left leg. She wears a violet shirt, with a white mid length skirt with white tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her white hair is cut short. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Elizabeth hails from a village terrorized by orcs. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and many orcs want her driven away

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, In love. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 500 pp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2300 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2300 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A 5'5" southern woman, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has dyed her greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her broad blue hat.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She got into the Engraver business at a young age. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and balancing her hectic life and new engraver responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 3000 gp. Blue sapphire (900 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Blue star sapphire (900 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. Her white hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Vanchu was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 3000 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (60 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (60 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (60 gp). Gold and ruby ring (5000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). A small bag of saffron. (100 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (60 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (60 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a pastel coat with green slacks. Her red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 10000 gp. Star rose quartz (30 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp). Star ruby (1000 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp).