Description: She is a mite stocky and wears dull tan sweaters, loose white pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed sickle, just in case. Her black hair is smooth and relatively long. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She has all her life been fascinated with singing.

History: Sariel was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Dilettante work with an outfit from a few towns over. Dilettante work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to be a herbalist again

Ideals: Passionate, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 700 pp. Onyx (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Jade (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Blue sapphire (1300 gp). Emerald (1300 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look and is in decent physical shape. His red hair is still thick. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and he is greedy

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Greedy. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 400 pp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (150 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (150 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp). A small bag of saffron. (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp).

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'1" when asserting himself. He has dyed his greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his small blue hat.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Raer will drive conversation. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Born in the east to a Cartwright, Raer learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Cartwright hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. In the meantime he has taken over work as a Cartwright and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Job, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (70 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (20 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (70 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (70 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her brown hair is well kept. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Vadania lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. Some 8 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Vadania never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: In love, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 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 (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver ewer (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 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 (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp).

Description: He stands about 4'9" and wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His chestnut hair is still thick. This brown eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. 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: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He struck the Unemployed job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and to be a body guard again

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1200 pp. Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Brown diamond (2000 gp). Amber (90 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his small yellow hat.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing painting.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 2000 gp. Peridot (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Jet (80 gp). Azurite (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a tight fitting yellow shirt and pants, and carries axes. She has a very tight haircut. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Justice. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 300 pp. A roughly beaten golden orb (50 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (50 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (50 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (50 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (50 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.