Description: This woman is renowned for her bright blue dresses and hats. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her black hair is knotted and matted. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Debt, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: Golden pearl (80 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Jade (80 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Eye agate (11 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman has a large blue mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her brown robe. She has wavy silver hair. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She struck the Carpenter job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Religious, Nature, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 800 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (180 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (100 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (180 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (180 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears a tan vest and prefers green and yellow shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Weaver who has hired him part-time. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and to settle down with his crush

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 500 pp. Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He is physically well-built. His silver hair is cut short. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 15000 gp. Peridot (20 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Jet (160 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Sard (20 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Zircon (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'1" and wears a black collared shirt and brown pants. He accessorizes with a red scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: Norûk is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born into a rich family. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 7000 gp. Violet garnet (700 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Jade (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His crest is rusty and curly. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

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. Bharash is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Bharash was born with his father's beautiful face. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, gnolls burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying north to reunite his family. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). White opal (700 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Amber (160 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.

Description: This slender man stands about 4'5". He prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. He wears his black hair up in a very large beehive style do. This brown eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. After a long history of fighting, Rurik and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he is content

Flaws: Mundane, Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, In love. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 5000 gp. Moonstone (80 gp). White pearl (160 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Blue diamond (8000 gp).