Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Apothecary who has hired her part-time. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She struck the Apothecary job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Job, Military. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 900 pp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (20 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (80 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (20 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Gold and ruby ring (2000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a brown coat over a blue low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his sword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length silver hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is an amazing painter.

History: Born in the west to a Tailor, Dalgal learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His parents enrolled him in a Druid school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Jet (110 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Jet (110 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Sard (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned male wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is an amazing painter.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Bookbinder. He has achieved small success as a Bookbinder.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 700 pp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (3000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He keeps his scarlet crest in a flapper bob. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gold.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Ploughman who has hired him part-time. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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: Wants his loneliness to end.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Has a crush, Military, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 4000 gp. Black pearl (600 gp). Sard (60 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). White pearl (40 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp).

Description: This woman wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on her right hand. Her hair is cut close to her head. This brown eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. 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: The child of a Courier, who enjoyed hunting, Sarah was taken on many hunting expeditions. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She's also a talented Courier, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Job, Family. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 900 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (120 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (120 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears tattered old clothes. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She has done her best to style her blonde hair to look like a famous performer. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 east. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and regain custody of her daughter

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Insane. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Violet garnet (400 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Spice Merchant. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has auburn hair. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: John lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Sage they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Spice Merchant, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 4000 gp. Black star sapphire (400 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Coral (60 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Rose (40 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Coral (60 gp). Star ruby (400 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). 1 Medium magic item.