Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his spear with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. He is baby faced.

Personality: Halimath hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

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

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 4000 gp. Bloodstone (40 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Jasper (40 gp). White opal (600 gp). Jet (140 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Fire opal (600 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This western man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is silver and very short. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Sage profession.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Ruler responsibilities is difficult; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job, Religious. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1000 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (140 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (140 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Silver ewer (70 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 3'10", this woman wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. Her brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of brigands may trigger it at times.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 3000 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (150 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (150 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (150 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (150 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (150 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. He wears long strands of ruby and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He has a hunchback. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy auburn hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 500 pp. Silver pearl (70 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Sard (20 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she usually wears her white robe and has her kukri always slung over her shoulder. Her moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Rich, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1200 pp. Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (120 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (120 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (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.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She dresses like a well dressed Detective does. Her red hair is greasy and uncared for. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. Symma was born on a far southern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Detective. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 5000 gp. Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Blue-white diamond (6000 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Black opal (900 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Sard (60 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt, and he perpetually has his bastard sword ready. His auburn hair and beard is wavy and long. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. 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, Kipper is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. A gifted student he started as a Shepherd, but he got bored and became a Fortune-teller. He became a Fortune-teller soon after.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Job, Military. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Pink pearl (140 gp). Rose (80 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Rose (80 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). White opal (1400 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp).