Description: A 5'8" western man, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull black iron scale mail. He has moderate length black hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he's attracted to the pc

Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 500 pp. 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 wears a grey shirt, with a black mid length skirt with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She carries with her a set of nunchakus, each one with a amber on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She has a very tight haircut. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. 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: Eleanor was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. 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 Barber. She's also a talented Bellfounder, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To be a Bellfounder again; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Entrepeneur, Persistence. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 4000 gp. Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Blue sapphire (900 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 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: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His cinnamon fur is heavily combed to the left. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Gifted from a young age, Cask studied abroad. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (40 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (40 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A small bag of saffron. (40 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp).

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull green iron scale mail. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her halberd, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. Her blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Pink pearl (110 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Black star sapphire (700 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Coral (110 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Jet (110 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Emerald (700 gp). Rose (40 gp). Sard (40 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Black star sapphire (700 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'1". He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the left. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Paelias enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Hedonist. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 400 pp. Citrine (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Black star sapphire (1300 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.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a worn and beaten armor. Her yellow fur is still thick. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism, Justice. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (60 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (60 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. Her silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Dalaba is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. When Dalaba reached her early adolescence her Gnome father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 11000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). White opal (1200 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Amber (100 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Peridot (60 gp).