Description: He is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. He usually wears his black robe and has his mace always slung over his shoulder. He has a hunchback. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Rimmon was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. After a long history of fighting, Rimmon and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 800 pp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1900 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (110 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1900 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1900 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (50 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Silver ewer (50 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he has the majority of his body covered in plate. His fur is orange, silky, and of moderate length. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Map Maker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to protect his home

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Poor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 700 pp. Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Amber (130 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Jade (130 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Brown diamond (4000 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Coral (130 gp). Jade (130 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Rose (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Standing 5'1", this woman is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Crown-heir. Her dark red hair is smooth and relatively long. Her black eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is a Crown-heir first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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 Crown-heir. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and to be a butcher again

Ideals: Extrovert, Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Red spinel (90 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Malachite (13 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears an entirely pastel suit with blue socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His gray fur is still thick. His eyes are a pleasant copper.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: The child of a Sage, who enjoyed hunting, Shadow was taken on many hunting expeditions. Shadow liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he seems to be bored by most things

Flaws: Insane, Fearful, Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Eye agate (13 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Amber (160 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Banded agate (13 gp).

Description: Standing 3'0", this man dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His silver hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. 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, Dondon is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born in the north to a Spice Merchant, Dondon learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the island to a summer home near a ruined castle. He would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the island due to the painful memories there. Dondon took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up falchion and armor he uses now. He's also a talented Bricklayer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Spice Merchant responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 2200 pp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (80 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (90 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (80 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (80 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (90 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (90 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (80 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. He is physically well-built. He keeps his long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. Qualen was born on a far western desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Mason. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 11000 gp. Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Sard (40 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Blue star sapphire (1200 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She sports brown long hair. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is a great chef.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. 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 got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Addict, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 4000 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp).