Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. With wild silver hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Elven companion (her 'brother'). She now owns her own business.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 7000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Amber (150 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Blue diamond (5000 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Moss agate (7 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple white line shooting up and back down. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Rolf hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. His parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when he was still a young child. The dire rats captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 7000 gp. Amber (100 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). White pearl (100 gp). White pearl (100 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman is renowned for her bright grey dresses and hats and is in decent physical shape. Her black hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. A freak accident while working with her Armorer mother left her crippled. She was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside her partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Nature. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1100 pp. Silver pearl (100 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Emerald (1500 gp). Fire opal (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An older woman who dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head, she is not a threatening figure. With bright silver hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born into a rich family. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 9000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (10 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 6'6" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his pickaxe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has moderate length yellow fur. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To protect his home; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 400 pp. Golden pearl (110 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Rose (80 gp). Moss agate (10 gp).

Description: She stands about 5'6" and wears just a green suit. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length silver hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Marshal again; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 7000 gp. Amethyst (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp).

Description: This woman wears dull black sweaters, loose tan pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed longbow, just in case. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her dark red hair is smooth and relatively long. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Scribe who has hired her part-time. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered west to less war torn lands. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Knight. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she's in love

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, PTSD. Bonds: Has a crush, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 9000 gp. Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (120 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (120 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (120 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (70 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (120 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item.