Description: This dark-skinned female wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her blonde hair is braided into rings. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She is a great chef.

History: Malquis was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 Scribe. In the meantime she has taken over work as a Scribe and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 3000 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (40 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (40 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (180 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (40 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts and is in decent physical shape. His silver hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His druidic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1300 pp. Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Rich purple corundum (1500 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). White opal (1500 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Rich purple corundum (1500 gp). White pearl (130 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Brown diamond (7000 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a blue tunic with violet highlights, and long pastel pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has a long golden beard with little hanging trinkets. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Apothecary. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and he has a crush on the local apothecary

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 8000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. He is portly but not overly obese. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born in the north. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Courier work with an outfit from a few towns over. Courier work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He became a Courier soon after.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 3000 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (100 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his black robe, and carries greataxes. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Dalgal fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Addict, Insane. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 2000 gp. Violet garnet (1500 gp). White pearl (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her red hair is well kept. Her gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents enrolled her in a Druid school at a young age so that she could practice her arcane talents. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Military, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 4000 gp. Zircon (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Jade (160 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Amber (160 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Sard (70 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Black pearl (200 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: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Baern grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Bookbinder work with an outfit from a few towns over. Bookbinder work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He became a Bookbinder soon after.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 7000 gp. Solid gold idol (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1500 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (130 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1300 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (40 gp).