Description: This slender woman stands about 4'9". She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Avelina hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Avelina was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Artistic, Extrovert. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 20000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (10000 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 5'2" and is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1200 pp. Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Sard (20 gp). Sard (20 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Coral (150 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp).

Description: He stands about 3'8" and wears blue trousers with black and grey striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: Arumawann is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. 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 served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, 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 has achieved small success as a Mayor.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Depressed, Insane. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 700 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2300 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp).

Description: He wears a tight fitting violet shirt and pants. He carries with him a set of rapiers, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. While he appears to be a normal Half-Elf, 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 left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Emotional, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Jasper (20 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears just a blue suit. His tied-back hair is red. His ears are large.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Gifted, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 3000 gp. Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). White opal (1400 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a black coat. She has white hair. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Nogu's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 10000 gp. Malachite (12 gp). Jacinth (6000 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Peridot (50 gp).

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He carries with him a set of tridents, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Dilettante arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 3000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (140 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2300 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (140 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2300 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (100 gp).