Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a tan costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. 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: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

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

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1500 pp. Star rose quartz (80 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Coral (120 gp). Rose (80 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Emerald (500 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Jet (120 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp).

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Shepherd for the past few years.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Flaws: Shy, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 3700 pp. Alexandrite (500 gp). Sard (50 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). White pearl (40 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Rich purple corundum (1200 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Citrine (50 gp). 1 Major magic item. 1 Major magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a tattered pair of loose blue pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His long white hair reaches down to his waist. He has green eyes and a blue hat with a black feather.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Mortician 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 has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 2000 gp. Rich purple corundum (700 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. Some 3 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Flak never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, In love, Military. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 7000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (160 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (60 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (12000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (60 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft yellow waves gently in the breeze. Her blonde hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Gifted from a young age, Mardnab studied abroad. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She struck the Dilettante job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: To be a Engraver again.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 10000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (70 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'9" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. Her red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was born in a small desert village. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, In love. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Azurite (6 gp). Blue star sapphire (900 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Emerald (900 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Coral (100 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Star ruby (900 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Pink diamond (2000 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Sard (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears professional attire. His black fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered west to less war torn lands. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Sensitive, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 800 pp. Amber (60 gp). Jet (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Fire opal (1100 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Jacinth (4000 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Zircon (30 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. 1 Minor magic item.