Description: She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She has done her best to style her cinnamon fur to look like a famous performer. This yellow eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Shifting was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She worked as a nervous Spice Merchant and found it very stressful. She has worked as a Spice Merchant like her mother before her.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and expand her business

Ideals: Joker, Opinionated. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 4000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2900 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. His hair is dark red and curly. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady red eyes.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Mayor but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the east. Bathin was born on a far eastern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Mayor. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Black star sapphire (1300 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Black opal (1300 gp). White opal (1300 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 5'8" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He tends to wear a large white jacket. His blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. His skin is flawless and his gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Brewer. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Brewer.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job, Slave. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1300 pp. Citrine (30 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Blue sapphire (400 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a grey costume with the symbols of strength on his torso. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy auburn hair. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Einkil fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence, Fighting. Flaws: Addict, PTSD. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears professional attire. Her long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the east. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 11000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Gold and ruby ring (6000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (90 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Silver ewer (90 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (90 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Gold and ruby ring (6000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (110 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (90 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2600 gp). A small bag of saffron. (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a brown vest and prefers pastel and white shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She is portly but not overly obese. Her head has been shaved. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: This woman loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 5000 gp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (30 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (130 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (30 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (30 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (30 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (130 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (130 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (30 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a grey coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon her head. Her red hair is heavily combed to the left. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 300 pp. 1 Medium magic item.