Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears professional attire. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 8000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (60 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (90 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He stands about 5'2" and wears dark leathers with embroidery. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He has a very tight haircut. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his 19th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Ugly, Greedy, Fearful. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Server

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 7000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a fancy blue suit. His hair is long and auburn with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small blue clips. His beard is black, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Military, Nature. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 6000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (40 gp).

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 wears long strands of aquamarine and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He wears his rusty crest up. His red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Iolite (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Blue star sapphire (700 gp). Rich purple corundum (700 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is dressed in an above average manner, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her white hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. A freak accident while working with his Spice Merchant mother left him crippled. Now he works as a writing tutor during his time off.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 600 pp. Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Rose (70 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Amber (140 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Sard (70 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Detective. Her tied-back hair is silver. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the north. A gifted student she started as a Spy, but she got bored and became a Detective. She tends to her Detective job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Detective responsibilities is difficult; and she wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Secretive, Greedy. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 6000 gp. Moonstone (60 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Emerald (1100 gp). Aquamarine (300 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.