Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She wears her blue hair up. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. In her 13th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1000 pp. A delicate brass dragon egg (60 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (60 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (60 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (60 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (60 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp).

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a yellow suit, tan shirt, and blue tie, and he perpetually has his ceremonial dagger ready. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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 money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Enemies, Slave, Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 5000 gp. Zircon (30 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). Amber (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She keeps her brown hair in a flapper bob. Her white eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. 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 in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 900 pp. Black pearl (500 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Black star sapphire (1500 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Rose (60 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An older woman who wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat, she is not a threatening figure. Her hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Aline is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. A gifted student she started as a Bather, but she got bored and became a Fisher. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: To be a Bather again.

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 800 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (80 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp).

Description: She stands about 4'3" and prefers to wear grey pants and tee shirts. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Delre was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Servant. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 2200 pp. Sardonyx (50 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Sard (50 gp). Coral (140 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Black opal (400 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Azurite (5 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He is an epitome of beauty. He keeps his black hair in a flapper bob. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. 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: Gerard was born the youngest of three triplets. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Star ruby (1300 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Rose (20 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Blue sapphire (1300 gp). Black star sapphire (1300 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'2". She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has slicked back blonde hair. Her eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the east were limited. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it; and she's in love

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant, Has a crush, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 500 pp. 1 Medium magic item.