Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She usually wears her blue robe and has her longsword always slung over her shoulder. Her hair is long and blonde with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small blue clips. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Bookbinder. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Bookbinder. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Bookbinder for the past few years.

Motivation: Revenge; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 7000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (700 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 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 (60 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who dresses like a well dressed Navigator does. She wears her black hair down. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. 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 unsatisfied with her job; and she is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 10000 gp. Solid gold idol (800 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (60 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. His red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Spice Merchant. Some 8 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Resh never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 8000 gp. Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Blue sapphire (1600 gp). Deep green spinel (130 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.

Description: 5'9" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are white and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Criella was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. A freak accident while working with her Body Guard father left her crippled. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1800 pp. Eye agate (6 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). White opal (1100 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Jet (110 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Jet (110 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Rose (80 gp). Jet (110 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Azurite (6 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His white hair is knotted and matted. His silver eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Merchant business.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Merchant work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He's also a talented Brewer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 6000 gp. Iolite (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. His auburn hair is braided into rings. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. His childhood dream was to be a Farmer, but he was a colossal failure. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Miner for hire.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 7000 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (150 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she very much looks the part of a Cook. Her hair is silver and curly. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was born in a small plains village. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Cook.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 300 pp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (50 gp).