Description: Standing 5'2", this woman wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. She has dyed her greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: Malquis was born the youngest of three triplets. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Guard they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Crown-heir, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Debt. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 7000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears just a brown suit. He has a very tight haircut. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing writing.

History: Theodoric was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He worked as a nervous Guard and found it very stressful. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 800 pp. Carnelian (30 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Blue sapphire (1600 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Red garnet (150 gp).

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. She keeps her long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 400 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is dressed in earthy colors with a black and brown handkerchief worn on his right side. His hair is white and curly. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Terse, Disease. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 7000 gp. Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Jet (160 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Sard (40 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). Sard (40 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His hair is auburn and curly. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. 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 struck the Stableman job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1100 pp. 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 woman is very fat, and wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She wears a top hat to cover her moderate length black hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Engraver arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Through the years after Hlin was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Hlin's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (120 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (70 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). A small bag of saffron. (70 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1900 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (70 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (120 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She very much looks the part of a Courier. She is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around her ears. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Arha was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has achieved small success as a Courier.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 11000 gp. Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Star ruby (900 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Rich purple corundum (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item.