Description: She wears a fancy blue dress. Her long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

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 tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Persistence, Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 300 pp. Fire opal (1200 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Black opal (1200 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Peridot (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Humans. Her skin is light but she possesses many blue ritualistic tattoos. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She wears a colorful flower in her chestnut hair. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her childhood dream was to be a Locksmith, but she was a colossal failure. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Mason.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 8000 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (80 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Cook arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Shy, Addict. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 18000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2000 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (30 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (120 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on his right hand. He is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 400 pp. Azurite (16 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is dressed in earthy colors with a white and blue handkerchief worn on his right side, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He takes great joy in being the best Mason in town.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. When Jak reached his early adolescence his Halfling father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He's also a talented Body Guard, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and he wants revenge against brigands

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: In love, Job, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 8000 gp. Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Blue-white diamond (5000 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Emerald (1100 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man wears dull tan sweaters, loose white pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed quarterstaff, just in case and is in decent physical shape. His blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand his business

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1100 pp. Violet garnet (1200 gp). Coral (60 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Pink diamond (4000 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Black opal (700 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 3'2". She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing dancing.

History: The child of a Priest, who enjoyed hunting, Nedda was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1700 pp. Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).