Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a violet shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and white pants. Her long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Born in the south to a Dilettante, Oriel learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. 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 Dilettante. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Expand her business; and balancing her hectic life and new dilettante responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, In love, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1000 pp. Banded agate (11 gp). Blue sapphire (900 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Blue star sapphire (900 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Coral (50 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Jade (50 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. His eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has worked as a Cartwright like his mother before him.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Immigrant, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 10000 gp. Clear bright green emerald (3000 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Amber (40 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Blue sapphire (600 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Blue diamond (3000 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Onyx (70 gp).

Description: This fat southern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a grey collared shirt and brown skirt. She accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has a very tight haircut. Her violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Unemployed work with an outfit from a few towns over. Unemployed work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she is content

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 4000 gp. Zircon (70 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Emerald (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He usually wears his blue robe and has his shortspear always slung over his shoulder. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Glim was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. After coming to the age of reason, Glim took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1000 gp. Blue quartz (5 gp). Coral (130 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His long rusty crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born in the south to a Engraver, Ildrex learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Engraver.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Engraver responsibilities is difficult; and expand his business

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1200 pp.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Matilda was born the youngest of three triplets. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Brewer for the past few years.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Emotional. Bonds: Job, Family, Slave. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (10 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (10 gp). A small bag of saffron. (10 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (90 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears dull tan sweaters, loose violet pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed longbow, just in case. He wears a colorful flower in his white hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Umpen hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Umpen was born on a far northern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Cartwright. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Artistic, Logical, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1000 gp. Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp).