Description: This younger middle-aged man prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He wears his brown hair down. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Some 2 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Gell never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and many giants want him driven away

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: In love, Attractive. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 8000 gp. Amber (40 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. Her tied-back hair is white. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Gifted from a young age, Rose studied abroad. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Rose has worked very hard to control her curse. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and to be a ploughman again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1000 pp. Chrysoprase (20 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Jacinth (3000 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). White opal (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 6'0" eastern man, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His childhood dream was to be a Bellfounder, but he was a colossal failure. He has worked as a Locksmith like his father before him.

Motivation: Expand his business; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Sensitive, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 500 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy auburn hair. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His first spouse was a Merchant, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Military, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 8000 gp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Irann has worked very hard to control her curse. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 3000 gp. Peridot (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Rose (80 gp). Rose (80 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull green iron scale mail. Sporting a golden mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Her divine abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Painter for the past few years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and to be a spy again

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1100 pp. Violet garnet (1400 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp).

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He very much looks the part of a Slave Trader. His hair is blonde and curly. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He struck the Slave Trader job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 11000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (700 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (170 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (170 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp).