Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She has all her life been fascinated with poetry.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the east. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 8000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He wears an entirely red suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He has wavy silver hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Revenge; and money/treasure

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (10 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (90 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (10 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length white hair. He has brown eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Barber

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Jade (50 gp). Sard (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Star ruby (1500 gp). Coral (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Fire opal (1500 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). White pearl (50 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Black opal (1500 gp). Rose (80 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Fire opal (1500 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, brown shirt, and pastel tie. Her purple hair is thinning but still full. Her red eyes peer out from beneath her small green hat.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: The child of a Stylist, who enjoyed hunting, Sekhmet was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 8000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He dresses well, wearing tan shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He has styled his brown hair well, parting it to the right. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his father's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered dire rats who tried to eat his hand. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 9000 gp. Aquamarine (400 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). White opal (900 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Jade (110 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). White opal (900 gp). Star ruby (900 gp). Jade (110 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he dresses in violet turtlenecks beneath a white coat with blue slacks, and is pretty ugly. His golden hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Gardener hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 5000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (70 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1800 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (120 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has styled her silver hair well, parting it to the right. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gold eyes.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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 hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Red garnet (160 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Amber (160 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.