Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'0" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with pastel lining and desert motifs. His fur is short and red. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. River enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has achieved small success as a Shoemaker.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (3000 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Terse, Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 6000 gp. Moonstone (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Amber (100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with yellow lining and desert motifs. Her red hair is long and unkept. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. Jade (150 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her silver crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Sora was born with her father's beautiful face. While she appears to be a normal Dragonborn, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 5000 gp. Bloodstone (50 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Brown diamond (6000 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his bastard sword with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His hair is cut close to his head. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. 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 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 is greedy; and money/treasure

Flaws: Insomniac, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 5000 gp. Pink pearl (130 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Rose (30 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Amber (130 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Jade (130 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a black vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her black boots flare out at the collars. Her black crest is braided into rings. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gold eyes.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Servant. She struck the Servant job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 2000 gp. Carnelian (30 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Coral (110 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her long black hair reaches down to her waist. Her skin is flawless and her blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Phann hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Gifted from a young age, Phann studied abroad. Her martial abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Artistic, Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 8000 gp. Star rose quartz (50 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Jacinth (3000 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Black opal (400 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp).