Description: He dresses like a well dressed Herbalist does, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'11" when asserting himself. He keeps his auburn hair in a pixie cut. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. 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 ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Herbalist for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Adventurer again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 500 pp. Star ruby (400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Sard (50 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is renowned for her bright black dresses and hats, and is pretty ugly. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker black hat.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and many dire rats want her driven away

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 9000 gp. Iolite (20 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Rose (20 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 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 has a long black ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Military, Rich. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 3000 gp. Iolite (20 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Chrysoprase (20 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: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her golden hair is well kept. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 5 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Marastyr never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and she is content

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Cynical, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Miner

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 4000 gp. Blue star sapphire (1500 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Amber (100 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Blue star sapphire (1500 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her white hair is thinning but still full. Her white eyes peer out from beneath her feathered black hat.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Markosian grew up listening to her father's many stories. After coming to the age of reason, Markosian took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Poor, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 800 pp. Blue quartz (8 gp). Rose (50 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Amber (160 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright violet and yellow, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He carries with him a set of ceremonial daggers on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He has a black handlebar mustache and slicked back black hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This tall, slender man wears suspenders and blue workpants. His shirt is yellow, and he wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length golden hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Farmer. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Wants a kiss.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Military, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 800 pp. Fire opal (1600 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Sard (60 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Moss agate (6 gp).