Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a grey small hat and grey clothes. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was born in a small desert village. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 14000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (60 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp).

Description: He wears bulky grey painted plate armor. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His tied-back hair is red. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. 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 the only child of a wealthy merchant. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 4000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (80 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is renowned for her bright white dresses and hats. Her long brown hair reaches down to her waist. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. Some 6 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Sarai 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 wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, In love, Debt. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Amber (160 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Coral (160 gp). Onyx (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She keeps her white hair in a flapper bob. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her broad brown hat.

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 dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 3000 gp. Alexandrite (200 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Blue sapphire (1600 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). White opal (1600 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her brass crest is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. 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 comes from a rich eastern family. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 7000 gp. Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Black star sapphire (1300 gp). Jade (140 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Blue star sapphire (1300 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Amber (140 gp). Emerald (1300 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Black opal (1300 gp). White opal (1300 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp).

Description: He has a missing left arm. He dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with black slacks. His black hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 17000 gp. Silver pearl (140 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Coral (140 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His tied-back hair is auburn. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. 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: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Barrister.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 8000 gp. Black star sapphire (800 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp). Amber (110 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.