Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Matilda fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 7000 gp. Pink pearl (160 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Black opal (1300 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Jet (160 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Star ruby (1300 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Pink diamond (8000 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His auburn hair is thinning but still full. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Nelkin was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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 now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 500 pp. Chalcedony (30 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Black opal (1000 gp). Amber (80 gp). Black opal (1000 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Amber (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a black armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down. She has moderate length silver crest. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. 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 a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her martial abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 7000 gp. Zircon (50 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair is black and curly. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1000 gp. Chrysoprase (60 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Eye agate (13 gp).

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. Her black hair is well kept. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her divine abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 800 pp. Chrysoprase (40 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. With wild golden hair. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. Therlin was born on a far eastern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Banker. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His chestnut hair is braided into rings. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Greedy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 7000 gp. Eye agate (9 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.