Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears baggy white pantaloons and a black scarf. Her long brown hair reaches down to her waist. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with singing. She constantly tries to fill her life with singing. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Black pearl (200 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Sard (80 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Black star sapphire (1300 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Emerald (1300 gp). Zircon (80 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering her clean studded leather. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. The war was a terrible time for her, and Kathra does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 7000 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is wearing a long, red, dusty cloak. His hair is black and curly. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away; and he wants revenge against brigands

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 800 pp. Banded agate (6 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Star ruby (1500 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a blue deerstalker hat and blue clothes, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His auburn hair is unkempt and raggedy. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Immeral will drive conversation. The war was a terrible time for him, and Immeral does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: In love, Poor, Military. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Aquamarine (1100 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Star ruby (400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Emerald (400 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Red garnet (110 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her green crest is heavily combed to the left. She has gold eyes.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Masseuse arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Sage. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and to reunite with her absent mother

Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 7000 gp. Solid gold idol (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (80 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (40 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. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man is renowned for his bright black suits and hats and is in decent physical shape. He is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around his ears. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He got into the Shipwright business at a young age. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Shipwright. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Family, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 400 pp. 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 (300 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (140 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (30 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (140 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a grey suit, brown shirt, and white tie. Her chestnut hair is singed and shortened. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 92. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ermina grew up listening to her mother's many stories. While she appears to be a normal Human, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Gold music box (3000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (30 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 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 (70 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (30 gp).