Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she likes to wear grey tank tops with tan skirt. Her hair is short and auburn. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Hlin was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. In her 16th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. Now she works as a poetry tutor during her time off.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 700 pp. Aquamarine (600 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Sard (50 gp). Coral (150 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: Zagga speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. Zagga enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Through the years after Zagga was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Zagga's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 700 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She dresses like a well dressed Bowyer does. Her hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She got into the Bowyer business at a young age. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it.

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Debt. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 8000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears a blue vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His violet leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his blue boots flare out at the collars. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. He is baby faced.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Vanuath grew up listening to his father's many stories. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1000 gp. Black pearl (1000 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Amber (140 gp). Moss agate (10 gp).

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears long strands of jet and short yellow dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His hair is long and silver with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small yellow clips. His beard is black, braided, and well cared for. He has gray eyes.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Nicholas's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 2000 gp. Tourmaline (60 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. He has a brown handlebar mustache and slicked back brown hair. He has hazel eyes and a grey hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 400 pp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears tattered old clothes. His hair is chestnut and curly. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Tanner profession.

History: He was born in the west. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 8000 gp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.