Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a grey suit, red shirt, and green tie. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His chestnut hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are green.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Through the years after Bertram was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Bertram's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Guardian, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 3000 gp. Bloodstone (40 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older woman who wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body, she is not a threatening figure. She has moderate length blonde hair. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

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. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted, Philantrophist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 9000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (80 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (30 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (30 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (80 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp).

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her hammer, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. She has dyed her greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Gifted from a young age, Maynild studied abroad. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered east to less war torn lands. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 5000 gp. Alexandrite (900 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Jasper (30 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She dresses well, wearing violet shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 3000 gp. Star ruby (400 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). White opal (400 gp). Rose (50 gp). White opal (400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). White opal (400 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Malachite (5 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman dresses well, wearing blue shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her silver hair is heavily combed to the right. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

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. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Mialee fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and expand her business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 8000 gp. Moss agate (5 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Rose (80 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). White opal (900 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Rose (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She wears her blonde hair up. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents enrolled her in a Druid school at a young age so that she could practice her necromantic talents. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Bellfounder for hire.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Rose (20 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Carnelian (20 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. 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 hair is black and very short. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Alexandre hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born in the south. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur, Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1100 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.