Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a blue shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and pastel pants. Her hair is red and curly. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is a great chef.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 6000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears skinny pants and wears a blue and brown robe with the hood down. He is an epitome of beauty. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. 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, Gennal is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Assassin for the past few years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 9000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (80 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her axe with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has styled her red hair well, parting it to the left. She has amber eyes and a blue hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Mercenary. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 6000 gp. Black star sapphire (1400 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Coral (80 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is typically in his Apothecary uniform. He carries with him a set of daggers on his belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. His silver crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. This gold eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now mingles about in high society.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1200 pp. White opal (1300 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Jade (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts, and is pretty ugly. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

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. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. After a long history of fighting, Peren and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 2000 gp. Malachite (6 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing poetry.

History: Gifted from a young age, Lia studied abroad. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 4000 gp. Alexandrite (1500 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Brown diamond (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man tends to wear a red poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. In his 18th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Chay alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has been helping groups of widows and orphans who have fled abusive spouses or lost their families to dire rats.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

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

Possessions: 2000 gp. Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Blue diamond (6000 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.