Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears baggy brown pantaloons and a blue scarf. Her black hair, when down, is lengthy. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Gurdis was born on a far southern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Shipwright. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 6000 gp. Malachite (4 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Deep green spinel (60 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 5'0", this woman is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft red waves gently in the breeze. She has wavy chestnut hair. Her skin is flawless and her brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Nogu was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She now mingles about in high society.

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

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her golden hair is greasy and uncared for. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Born to a Bellfounder, her father struggled to pay the bills. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Layabout. She's also a talented Bellfounder, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Expand her business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 700 pp. Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears long strands of aquamarine and short grey dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He keeps his white hair in a flapper bob. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Ernest has worked very hard to control his curse. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 3000 gp. Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Rose (20 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Sard (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is dressed in earthy colors with a black and tan handkerchief worn on her right side. She has a very tight haircut. This amber eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 west. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and she has a crush on the local sailor

Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Military, Nature, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1000 gp. Violet garnet (300 gp). Black opal (1300 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Blue sapphire (1300 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A 3'4" northern man, he wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Born in the north to a Carpenter, Pog learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has worked as a Carpenter like his mother before him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Philantrophist, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 3000 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (140 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (140 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (140 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears bulky blue painted plate armor. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Dilettante. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. 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-sister.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. A gifted student he started as a Tailor, but he got bored and became a Dilettante. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 800 pp. Tourmaline (110 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Emerald (1400 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp).