Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with white slacks. Her crest is green and curly. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 900 pp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (40 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (80 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His ears are large.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Thomas embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. 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: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A gifted student he started as a Soapmaker, but he got bored and became a Cook. After a long history of fighting, Thomas and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 5000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2600 gp). A small bag of saffron. (70 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears violet leather gloves, a violet jacket, and tight pants. She carries with her a set of tridents on her belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. Her chestnut hair is thinning but still full. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Syllin has worked very hard to control her curse. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Syllin fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and she is content

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane, Disease. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 11000 gp. Emerald (1100 gp). Emerald (1100 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Fire opal (1100 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Black opal (1100 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Jet (80 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length auburn hair. Her half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her childhood dream was to be a Architect, but she was a colossal failure. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and expand her business

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 4000 gp. Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Blue star sapphire (700 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Amber (130 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. His gray fur is long and unkept. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 5000 gp. Smoky quartz (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Coral (100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Jade (100 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has no hair. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 7000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (70 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her beige fur is braided into rings. Her skin is flawless and her blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 18000 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (160 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 (40 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). A small bag of saffron. (40 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (40 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (3000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (40 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (160 gp). 1 Major magic item.