Description: 4'0" and muscular, this southern woman has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her white robe. Her black hair is still thick. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. A true patriot, Jarana would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Military, Religious. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1500 pp. A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (100 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (40 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her hair is silver and very short. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Zagga hails from a village terrorized by drow. Her parents were killed by drow in a raid when she was still a young child. The drow captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She wants revenge against drow.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Terse. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 6000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 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: He wears long strands of topaz and short tan dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his dagger, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. He sports a long chestnut beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Crampernap was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and doesn't want to be a mercenary and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1000 gp. Tourmaline (130 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Jasper (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with brown colored cloaks and clothing. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His blonde hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. His green eyes peer out from beneath his top brown hat.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Engraver born in the past three hundred years. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Morgran is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

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 father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to be a sailor again

Ideals: Justice, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: Coral (160 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). White pearl (160 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp).

Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her hair is chestnut and very short. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 81. 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 has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. In her 15th 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 was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and many giants want her driven away

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 7000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2800 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (90 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp).

Description: She wears tattered old clothes. Her black hair is long and unkept. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was born into a rich family. After coming to the age of reason, Virra took it upon herself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. 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 has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 12000 gp. Smoky quartz (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Jacinth (6000 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She is a great chef.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 800 pp. Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.