Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She keeps her brown hair in a flapper bob. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Melissa grew up listening to her father's many stories. Melissa was born on a far southern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Brewer. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 300 pp. Eye agate (15 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Sard (40 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.

Description: He wears a simple black robe with grey stripes complete with hood. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length rusty crest. His gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Religious, Poor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 7000 gp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (60 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp).

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. His hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Carrie is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Opinionated, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Rose (20 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Amber (110 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Rose (20 gp). Amber (110 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp).

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Dwarf, and stands approximately 4'1". She wears light armors faded through time and improper care, and her gloved hand is found clutching a morningstar. Her hair is golden, silky, and of moderate length. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1000 gp. Bloodstone (70 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Sard (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). White opal (900 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Amber (140 gp). Obsidian (7 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright grey and yellow, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His hair is long and white with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is golden, braided, and well cared for. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker grey hat.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he's in love

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job, Immigrant, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 8000 gp. Obsidian (15 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Jet (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Rose (70 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Hematite (15 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a grey collared shirt and black pants. He accessorizes with a blue scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He takes great joy in being the best Carpenter in town.

History: Whurbin lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His childhood dream was to be a Carter, but he was a colossal failure. He struck the Carpenter job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Job, Family, Slave. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 700 pp. A roughly beaten golden orb (160 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 (90 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (160 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 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 a brown shirt with thin green vertical stripes and white pants. She keeps her auburn hair in a pixie cut. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Rohesia was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 8 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 2000 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (40 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (70 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Gold and ruby ring (11000 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (40 gp).