Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is wearing a long, blue cloak. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length black hair. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Meriele lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 12000 gp. Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp).

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Mentor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 700 pp. White pearl (100 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Blue-white diamond (3000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Jade (100 gp). Jasper (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'11". She wears a grey armored body suit, with a simple white line shooting up and back down. She has no hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is a great chef.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 500 pp. Amethyst (160 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Peridot (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is wearing a tight grey one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Cook. She has worked as a Cook like her mother before her.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 11000 gp. A small bag of saffron. (50 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (50 gp). Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (50 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She dresses well, wearing grey shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her.

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1500 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep yellow leather and dull blue iron scale mail. Her tied-back hair is auburn. Her brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to be a sailor again

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Poor, In love. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 3000 gp. Iolite (80 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Black opal (1400 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp). Emerald (1400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt and is in decent physical shape. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Apothecary work with an outfit from a few towns over. Apothecary work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Apothecary.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1000 gp. Solid gold idol (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A small bag of saffron. (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp).