Description: 3'4" and muscular, this western woman is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She has blue eyes and a tan hat with a red feather.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 8000 gp. Jade (100 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Blue star sapphire (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Sard (60 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Jet (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a tan costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. His silver hair is singed and shortened. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his broad tan hat.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Jabbie was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Druid, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Druid in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He tends to his Dyer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 12000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp).

Description: He stands about 6'10" and wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His gray fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He is baby faced.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 4000 gp. Obsidian (8 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Emerald (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He is dressed in earthy colors with a red and yellow handkerchief worn on his left side. He has moderate length white hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He got into the Scribe business at a young age. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Scribe. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Insane, Impulsive, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 4000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Blue star sapphire (1200 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Malachite (7 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty yellow coat over it. He has moderate length white hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Patrick enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 900 pp. Obsidian (16 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Jade (60 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears long strands of jet and short tan dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. A gifted student she started as a Farmer, but she got bored and became a Layabout. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: To protect her home; and she is greedy

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Job, Military, Guardian. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 17000 gp. Malachite (12 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Pink diamond (4000 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1500 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Rose (30 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). White opal (1500 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Blue star sapphire (1500 gp). Fire opal (1500 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Emerald (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.