Description: He is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He carries a battered nunchaku and tarnished spear as well. He has shaved his head bald. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Herbalist arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Debt. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 7000 gp. Banded agate (14 gp). Black star sapphire (700 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears just a white suit. He has dyed his greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. He has green eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Stableman. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 18000 gp. A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (40 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Myev hails from a village terrorized by giants. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. After a long history of fighting, Myev and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Revenge; and many giants want her driven away

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, In love. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 10000 gp. White pearl (90 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Rose (20 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Emerald (1100 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Jet (90 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Black pearl (500 gp).

Description: He dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He sports a long brown beard, and similarly colored long hair. His skin is flawless and his violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Fortune-teller. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Gifted from a young age, Howard studied abroad. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He tends to his Fortune-teller job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 4000 gp. A silver and pearl hairclip (20 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). A small bag of saffron. (20 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, red shirt, and black tie. Her moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has gray eyes.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. After coming to the age of reason, Urshar took it upon herself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 12000 gp. Blue sapphire (800 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She dresses like a well dressed Dilettante does. Her blonde hair is cut short. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Murook was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Dilettante. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (150 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (80 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. She wears bulky blue painted plate armor. She has a hunchback. Her white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Body Guard. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Body Guard but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Vaina was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She struck the Body Guard job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Pacifist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1600 pp. Jasper (20 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Coral (40 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.