Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She has a very tight haircut. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her first spouse was a Glassblower, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. Some 2 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Engong never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family, In love, Debt. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 800 pp. A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (50 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (70 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (70 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2800 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (50 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Standing 5'6", this man prefers to wear flannel. He has wavy red hair. His eyes are silver and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1100 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This western woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has no hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was born in the west. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Layabout hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. Solid gold idol (300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (70 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (130 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (130 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (130 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (130 gp).

Description: 6'2" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His purple hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is a Tanner first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and sabotage a competitor

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Mentor, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (100 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp).

Description: He is typically in his Adventurer uniform. He carries with him a set of morningstars, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He keeps his long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. He has gleaming, smiling white eyes.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. 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 Adventurer. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. Her silver hair is long and unkept. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is mildly Dwarf supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 6000 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (80 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a tan vest and prefers brown and white shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. 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: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 900 pp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (700 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.