Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She tends to wear a black poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She has dyed her greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. Her white eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Vapula was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the east were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (180 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (180 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and likes to wear pastel tank tops with white pants. His orange fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the south. His first spouse was a Banker, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. After a long history of fighting, Emerald and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

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

Possessions: 4000 gp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is yellow, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. He has no crest. His red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 5000 gp. Banded agate (12 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Amber (80 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her white eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Bellfounder arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Bellfounder work with an outfit from a few towns over. Bellfounder work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and balancing her hectic life and new bellfounder responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job, Rich. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 10000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). White pearl (160 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Black opal (700 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Black star sapphire (700 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). Blue star sapphire (700 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Citrine (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her cinnamon fur is lengthy. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and obtaining odd cultural tabaxi artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 2000 gp. Deep green spinel (140 gp). Amber (140 gp). Coral (140 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Black opal (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is renowned for his bright brown suits and hats. He is portly but not overly obese. He has moderate length auburn hair. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was born in the east. A gifted student he started as a Carter, but he got bored and became a Mercenary. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Mercenary for the past few years.

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

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 400 pp. Black pearl (800 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Rose (50 gp). Black opal (900 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He keeps his long white fur kept up in a rat tail. His copper eyes peer out from beneath his broad pastel hat.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Cartwright business.

History: He got into the Cartwright business at a young age. Through the years after Serpent was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Serpent's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Cartwright responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (70 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). 1 Medium magic item.