Description: This late middle aged woman is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest and is in decent physical shape. She has moderate length orange fur. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She has achieved small success as a Painter.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 500 pp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). Silver ewer (50 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). A small bag of saffron. (50 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp).

Description: She wears a black vest and prefers brown and tan shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She wears her purple hair down. She has red eyes and a black hat with a brown feather.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is a great chef.

History: Nija was born the youngest of three triplets. 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 Soapmaker. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Soapmaker responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Guardian. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 5000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (60 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to settle down with her crush

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (180 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2800 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A small bag of saffron. (60 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to raise her children well

Flaws: Addict, Insane. Bonds: Family, Nature, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 500 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 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 (40 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (40 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 7000 gp. Malachite (12 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Coral (40 gp). Rose (70 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Black star sapphire (1300 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a tight fitting grey shirt and pants. Sporting a white mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He worked as a nervous Doctor and found it very stressful. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 4000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. She wears a blue tunic with black highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has a hunchback. Sporting a white mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Many brigands want her driven away; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 8000 gp. Hematite (9 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.