Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears bulky grey painted plate armor. Her hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. Her brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Barbena was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1000 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1800 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (10 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1800 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.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy dark red stubble. He tends to wear a large green jacket. He has a hunchback. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Habor was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and doesn't want to be a banker and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Black opal (1200 gp). Amber (120 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Jade (120 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp). Sard (30 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She tends to wear a large brown jacket. She keeps her long black fur kept up in a rat tail. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was born in a small plains village. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She's also a talented Blacksmith, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 8000 gp. Emerald (1300 gp). Coral (110 gp). White opal (1300 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Coral (110 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). White pearl (110 gp).

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are blue.

Personality: Purban hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. A friendly and beautiful Halfling, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Purban alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by drow. Purban was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp).

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. She keeps her long white hair kept up in a rat tail. This violet eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She became a Scribe soon after.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Scribe and was forced into it by her family.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 10000 gp. White opal (1600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Red garnet (110 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She has gray eyes.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Ida will drive conversation. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. Ida was born on a far southern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Spy. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes.

Ideals: Extrovert, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (100 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp). Gold and ruby ring (6000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (90 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is dressed in earthy colors with a white and violet handkerchief worn on her right side. Her golden hair is singed and shortened. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Bilga lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gifted student she started as a Ruler, but she got bored and became a Knight. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Ruler they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Knight, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Family, Job, Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Black pearl (700 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Eye agate (16 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.