Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and yellow, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her blonde hair is thinning but still full. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 5000 gp. Coral (100 gp). Clear bright green emerald (3000 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep red leather and dull brown iron scale mail. Her white hair is smooth and relatively long. Her skin is flawless and her hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. 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 was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1700 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (80 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His blue crest is smooth and relatively long. His skin is flawless and his red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Ghesh will drive conversation. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Ghesh lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His first spouse was a Shoemaker, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 2000 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (70 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a simple yellow robe with grey stripes complete with hood. His hair is silver and very short. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 700 pp. Eye agate (4 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Sard (70 gp). Jet (40 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has wavy golden hair. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 8000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). A small bag of saffron. (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears tattered old clothes. His moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His first spouse was a Bellfounder, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Black pearl (800 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Amber (60 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). Coral (60 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. Sporting a golden mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Bricklayer business.

History: He was born in a small desert village. Tod 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 bought a dagger and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Justice, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 11000 gp. Bloodstone (20 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Emerald (400 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp).