Description: An older man who dresses well, wearing red shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is long and auburn with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small red clips. His beard is chestnut, braided, and well cared for. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He has worked as a Spice Merchant like his mother before him.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and balancing his hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Opinionated, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 13000 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1300 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (120 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (120 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (40 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (40 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This western woman is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She was granted divine powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 9000 gp. Fire opal (600 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Black opal (600 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Sard (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Architect. She has no hair. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her top brown hat.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She is an amazing painter.

History: Gifted from a young age, Elizabeth studied abroad. 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 Architect. She's also a talented Carpenter, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1100 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2700 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (40 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (40 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (40 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (90 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (90 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 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 wears a grey small hat and grey clothes. She has styled her red hair well, parting it to the left. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her amber eyes.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. A gifted student she started as a Bricklayer, but she got bored and became a Mayor. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 3000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 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 (80 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (80 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (90 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 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: She stands about 6'2" and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length rusty crest. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is greedy

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 8000 gp. Aquamarine (1600 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Aquamarine (1600 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. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a robe, a symbol of strength around his neck, and a monstrous two handed axe on his belt. His hair is long and black with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small tan clips. His beard is chestnut, braided, and well cared for. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it; and a deep hatred of giants

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Mundane, Insane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 8000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (90 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (90 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (90 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (170 gp). Silver ewer (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a simple white robe with yellow stripes complete with hood. Her silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is mildly Halfling supremacist, though she does not identify as such. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 6000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (10 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1900 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp).