Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her childhood dream was to be a Bookbinder, but she was a colossal failure. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Gardener for hire.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 12000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This late middle aged woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it and is in decent physical shape. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing singing.

History: Born to a Architect, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She worked as a nervous Weaver and found it very stressful. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Weaver for hire.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Weaver responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 300 pp.

Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She keeps her black hair in a flapper bob. Her eyes are green and beady.

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 dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Jelenneth was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Ruler. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Logical, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 9000 gp. Coral (40 gp). White opal (1500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). White pearl (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1500 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a simple pastel robe with brown stripes complete with hood. She is portly but not overly obese. Her beige fur is thinning but still full. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Leaf was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Leaf was born on a far western mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Beggar. She struck the Beggar job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 800 pp. Solid gold idol (300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (30 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: 5'2" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a black coat with white slacks. His black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the west. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Half-Orcs in Varg's homeland. Varg decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Varg fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is content

Ideals: Extrovert, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 12000 gp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (50 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a grey suit, pastel shirt, and violet tie. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her violet eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Elizabeth embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Elizabeth was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 2000 gp. Smoky quartz (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man is renowned for his bright grey suits and hats and is in decent physical shape. His chestnut hair is thinning but still full. He has brown eyes.

Personality: Bernard is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Bernard abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1000 gp. Red garnet (120 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Blue star sapphire (1200 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Golden pearl (120 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Sard (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.