Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears grey trousers with brown and yellow striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She is an epitome of beauty. Her hair is short and chestnut. This hazel eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. 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: Nora was raised in a hard working conservative environment. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, In love. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 700 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears just a red suit. His hair is cut close to his head. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Amber (150 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Jet (150 gp). Fire opal (800 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.

Description: This man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his hammer with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Banker but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Banker work with an outfit from a few towns over. Banker work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Banker for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Pacifist, Logical. Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), and is pretty ugly. Her black hair is cut short. She has blue eyes.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Valanthe grew up listening to her father's many stories. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer, In love, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 6000 gp. Banded agate (5 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Jet (100 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Fire opal (600 gp). Black opal (600 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Red garnet (100 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears grey leather gloves, a grey jacket, and tight pants. She has a very tight haircut. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. 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 got into the Gardener business at a young age. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Gardener for the past few years.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and expand her business

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Immigrant, Has a crush, Job, Nature. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 8000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (40 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (130 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2200 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He has a large white mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his blue robe. He is portly but not overly obese. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Howard was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Howard has worked very hard to control his curse. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An older woman who has the majority of her body covered in plate, she is not a threatening figure. Her silver hair is matted, messy, and big. She has blue eyes.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away.

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 8000 gp. Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Sard (50 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Blue star sapphire (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.