Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Spice Merchant. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and he is greedy

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 2000 pp. Sardonyx (70 gp). Sard (70 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears suspenders and grey workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. He carries with him a set of falchions on his belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. His golden hair is cut short. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Dworic enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Addict, Hedonist, Mundane. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 9000 gp. Solid gold idol (700 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (20 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (70 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (70 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (70 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This fat southern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a simple tan robe with blue stripes complete with hood. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has no hair. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was born into a rich family. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He struck the Merchant job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Pacifist, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 12000 gp. Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Onyx (20 gp).

Description: This northern man wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. His clothes are grease stained in places. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Born to a Sage, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 6000 gp. Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She stands about 5'11" and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull brown iron scale mail. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her silver hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. 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: She is greedy; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1100 pp. Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears dark leathers with embroidery. His hair is chestnut and curly. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 4000 gp. Solid gold idol (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (160 gp).