Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and blue handkerchief worn on her left side. She is physically well-built. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length chestnut hair. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Barber work with an outfit from a few towns over. Barber work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has worked as a Barber like her mother before her.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 12000 gp. Star ruby (1200 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Clear bright green emerald (6000 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'2" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is wearing a long, green cloak. Her dark red hair is greasy and uncared for. Her white eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Courier. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She struck the Courier job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is her passion; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 600 pp. Jasper (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is typically in her Bowyer uniform, and is pretty ugly. Her fur is gray and curly. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She was born in a small desert village. 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 Bowyer. She became a Bowyer soon after.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Addict. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 4000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp).

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, 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 hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing writing.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. 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 Sage. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1000 gp. Hematite (12 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Jet (40 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'4". She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her silver hair, when down, is lengthy. Her red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and money/treasure

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1800 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (40 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears baggy red pantaloons and a black scarf. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. This hazel eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the south. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Dondon has worked very hard to control his curse. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 5000 gp. Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Coral (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1500 gp). Rose (40 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Black star sapphire (1500 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears an entirely brown suit with pastel socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She sports auburn long hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Balifra lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Gnomish companion (her 'brother'). She then took over the family business and is one of the better Beggar for hire.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Job, Debt. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 800 pp. Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (110 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (20 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (110 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp).