Description: She wears a green shirt with thin yellow vertical stripes and grey pants. Her chestnut hair is lengthy. Her half smiles and white eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 8000 gp. Bloodstone (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Sard (70 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Iolite (70 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her crest is silver and very short. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: She got into the Mason business at a young age. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. Some 8 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Thava never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Blue-white diamond (2000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Jet (150 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 6'1" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull white iron scale mail. He wears his black crest down. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

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 mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. After a long history of fighting, Nykkan and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and doesn't want to be a merchant and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 7000 gp. Obsidian (16 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Coral (90 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Blue-white diamond (3000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Skak is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. 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: He was born at the edge of vast desert. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Slave, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 5000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (40 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Silver ewer (40 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She has a dull look in her green eyes.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the north. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Family, In love. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 11000 gp. Bloodstone (40 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Obsidian (16 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. 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 is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 5000 gp. Blue diamond (3000 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Malachite (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears professional attire. Her brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her violet eyes.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Abalaba was born the youngest of three triplets. Her first spouse was a Spy, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Adventurer and was forced into it by her family; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Military, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.