Description: This southern woman wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her red hair is singed and shortened. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Ermina 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 kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the south. While she appears to be a normal Human, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Extrovert, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Gold music box (2000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (170 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a green costume with the symbols of strength on her torso. Her hair is brown and curly. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born in a small desert village. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Jeweler hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 300 pp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a pastel costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. He sports a flattop fur cut. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 3000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Coral (160 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Iolite (70 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 4'11". He tends to wear a blue poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt, and his gloved hand is found clutching a quarterstaff. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Gennal hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

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

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Family, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 8000 gp. Citrine (60 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears an entirely grey suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She wears her red hair up. This amber eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Born to a Shepherd, her father struggled to pay the bills. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered singing. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and to be a shepherd again

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Poor, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 600 pp. Violet garnet (1200 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Amber (100 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Sard (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. Her chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. A friendly and beautiful Gnome, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Salanop has worked very hard to control her curse. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 11000 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (100 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (70 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp).

Description: He has a missing left leg. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He has done his best to style his beige fur to look like a famous performer. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Serpent was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Dwarven activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Dwarven doctor. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 4000 gp. Banded agate (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Blue star sapphire (1500 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Blue star sapphire (1500 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp).