Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His white hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. Bernard enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 6000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (140 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). A small bag of saffron. (60 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (140 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull white iron scale mail. He has wavy bronze crest. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is an amazing painter.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 4000 gp. Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (100 gp). A small bag of saffron. (70 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 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 (70 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (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 (70 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. She carries with her a set of spears, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her white hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 50. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Red spinel (120 gp).

Description: She wears dull green sweaters, loose white pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed club, just in case. She is portly but not overly obese. Her blue crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. This gold eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her mother worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled mother and took her mother's old job. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Secretive, Impulsive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 12000 gp. Blue quartz (12 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull white iron scale mail. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on her right hand. Her black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is a Servant first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Millicent is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Millicent fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To be a Marshal again; and balancing her hectic life and new servant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Job, Slave. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 2000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2400 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She has moderate length red hair. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: Born in the west to a Miner, Ahlyssa learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Expand her business; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

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

Possessions: 600 pp. Black pearl (900 gp). White pearl (40 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Onyx (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears long strands of sapphire and short tan dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Ahvain was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Ahvain's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Smoky quartz (40 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). 1 Medium magic item.