Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple red line shooting up and back down. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Mason arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, In love. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 8000 gp. Aquamarine (700 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Amber (90 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Blue star sapphire (1300 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He has all his life been fascinated with music.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. His childhood dream was to be a Locksmith, but he was a colossal failure. He has worked as a Glassblower like his father before him.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Bonds: Nature, Job, Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (80 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (30 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1900 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (80 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 5'0" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a simple brown robe with white stripes complete with hood. His black fur is braided into rings. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Emerald is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Expand his business; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Family, Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 7000 gp. Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Sard (80 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Coral (120 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Coral (120 gp). Jade (120 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Sard (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman wears silk and lounges about seductively, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She keeps her long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Melissa has worked very hard to control her curse. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 10000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1800 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (3000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He carries with him a set of longswords on his belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He has wavy brown hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 900 pp. Cloth of gold vestments (170 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp).

Description: She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, and she perpetually has her club ready. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the south were limited. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence, Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 3000 gp. Banded agate (12 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Rose (80 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Sard (80 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 2'11" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He prefers to wear flannel. His silver hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Bulzo's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and he wants revenge against giants

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 2000 gp. Alexandrite (1600 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Peridot (80 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.