Description: She stands about 3'1" and is wearing a long, white cloak. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She has styled her brown hair well, parting it to the left. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. In her 19th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1200 pp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (100 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a grey vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his grey boots flare out at the collars. He carries with him a set of clubs on his belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. His hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. He has green eyes.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. 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 got into the Barrister business at a young age. Tim liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Barrister responsibilities is difficult; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Nature. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (130 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'10" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a yellow cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. She wears her white hair up in a very large beehive style do. She has amber eyes and a yellow hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Gifted from a young age, Vicky studied abroad. Vicky abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dwarven artifacts is her passion; and to protect her home

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). White opal (1300 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Coral (100 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He stands about 6'9" and wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a green coat. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He has wavy black hair. His white eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a Spice Merchant first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. After a long history of fighting, Ekemon and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Selfish, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 6000 gp. Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Moss agate (4 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Sailor. She has achieved small success as a Sailor.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: In love, Job, Military. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1100 pp. Rock crystal (50 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). White pearl (40 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears skinny pants and wears a green and black robe with the hood down. Her hair, while still mostly blue, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are black and catlike.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She worked as a nervous Servant and found it very stressful. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Poor, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 6000 gp. Jade (50 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Emerald (900 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp).

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. Her skin is dark but she possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. She wears dull grey sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed nunchaku, just in case. She wears her blonde hair up. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and regain custody of her daughter

Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 4000 gp. Aquamarine (700 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Jade (130 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Clear bright green emerald (4000 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Jade (130 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.