Description: This malnourished woman is dressed in an above average manner. With wild brown hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: This woman loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Bella was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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 has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 300 pp. Golden pearl (100 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Moss agate (15 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.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Cartwright. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 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 (40 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver ewer (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.

Description: She is in excellent shape and is dressed in a clean violet cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Painter. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 8000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man dresses like a well dressed Baker does. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears his black hair down. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. A gifted student he started as a Crown-heir, but he got bored and became a Baker. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 600 pp.

Description: This northern man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His clothes are grease stained in places. His red hair is singed and shortened. This white eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the north. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Red garnet (140 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Fire opal (1500 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp).

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a pastel suit, tan shirt, and white tie, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'11" when asserting himself. His fur is black and very short. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are copper.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born in the west to a Spice Merchant, Sun learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Spice Merchant for hire.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Emotional, Shy. Bonds: Job, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 9000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (60 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (20 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (20 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (60 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (20 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (2000 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears bulky blue painted plate armor, and is pretty ugly. With wild silver hair. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady hazel eyes.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born to a Detective, her father struggled to pay the bills. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 8000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (180 gp). Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.