Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is wearing a long, violet, dusty cloak. Her golden hair is knotted and matted. She has blue eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Katherine was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Spice Merchant responsibilities is difficult; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1000 pp. Chrysoprase (70 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). Blue star sapphire (700 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She keeps her long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: She is a Shoemaker first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Born in the west to a Shoemaker, Thiala learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: To be a Ruler again; and balancing her hectic life and new shoemaker responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1000 pp. Sard (70 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Amber (110 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Jade (110 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Black pearl (500 gp).

Description: 6'6" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a grey shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and white pants. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length black hair. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are white and perfect.

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. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Debt. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 8000 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (60 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (60 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (60 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her greatsword with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She wears her auburn hair down. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born into a rich family. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Fletcher. She has worked as a Fletcher like her father before her.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 600 pp. Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (110 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (110 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (110 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His silver hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is content; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 7000 gp. Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 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 dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a white coat with tan slacks. He is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around his ears. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. 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: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Oren fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Crown-heir

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

Possessions: 21000 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (40 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (40 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (80 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (80 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she prefers to wear violet pants and tee shirts. Her hair is long and blonde with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small violet clips. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Baelitae was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Philantrophist, Professionalism. Flaws: Secretive, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 600 pp. Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Coral (60 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Star ruby (900 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Star ruby (900 gp). Jet (60 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.