Description: She is a mite stocky and dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with pastel slacks. Her green crest is thinning but still full. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Crown-heir arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Scribe they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Crown-heir, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and regain custody of her son

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Nature, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 4000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). A small bag of saffron. (70 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (170 gp). A small bag of saffron. (70 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light pastel in addition to tight pants. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker pastel hat.

Personality: Trail is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. 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: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Family, Poor, Religious, Has a crush. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 700 pp. Coral (90 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Ar-Karo speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Banded agate (15 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: A middle-aged woman, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her rapier with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and is pretty ugly. Her brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

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 always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She was born in a small forest village. Sarai liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 400 pp. Violet garnet (900 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Coral (110 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Amber (110 gp). Sard (70 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Coral (110 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Amber (110 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: She wears dull brown sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed axe, just in case. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her brown fur is braided into rings. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Emerald was born the youngest of three triplets. 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. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Locksmith and was forced into it by her family; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 12000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (150 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (150 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a pastel coat with grey slacks, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He sports a long red beard, and similarly colored long hair. His face is scarred and worn.

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. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Bulzo was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Some 3 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Bulzo never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Military. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1200 pp. Solid gold idol (800 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She has a missing left leg. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She has shaved her head bald. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 10000 gp. Smoky quartz (20 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Jet (60 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Rose (20 gp). White opal (1000 gp). Star ruby (1000 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Star ruby (1000 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp).