Description: This woman is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering her clean studded leather. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on her right hand. Her brown hair is greasy and uncared for. She has gray eyes and a brown hat with a black feather.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She was born in the south. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 12000 gp. Moss agate (4 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1600 gp). Black opal (1600 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. His skin is dark but he possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He has white hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His first spouse was a Assassin, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He struck the Beggar job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Nature, Job, Debt. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 9000 gp. Moss agate (13 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Amber (90 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). White opal (600 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Jade (90 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Zircon (20 gp).

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep red leather and dull white iron scale mail. Her hair is silver and very short. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Willow lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Half-Elven activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Half-Elven doctor. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 9000 gp. Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He wears his white hair up. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature ceremonial dagger.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 12000 gp. Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). White opal (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Dwarf, and stands approximately 3'11". He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, and his gloved hand is found clutching a club. Sporting a black mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 8000 gp. A delicate brass dragon egg (60 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She has dyed her greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. She has a dull look in her green eyes.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Balifra was orphaned to a temple shortly after her birth. She was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above herself and to hold her god always in her heart. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Job, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 2000 pp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2400 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (6000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: He wears a grey top hat and grey clothes. His hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is a great chef.

History: Gifted from a young age, Oskar studied abroad. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, goblins burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying south to reunite his family. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.