Description: She is a husky woman, who is dressed in a clean yellow cloak covering her clean studded leather. She has silver hair. Her eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Assassin for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to be a masseuse again

Ideals: Passionate, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Jet (80 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Rich purple corundum (1200 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She tends to wear a large red jacket. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She is a great chef.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a large cave. She would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Merla took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up greatsword and armor she uses now. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy, Insane. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 6000 gp. Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (90 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (90 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (90 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (120 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (120 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (120 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 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 (90 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'5". She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Fortune-teller arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She worked as a nervous Fortune-teller and found it very stressful. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1000 gp. Star rose quartz (30 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Rose (30 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Rose (30 gp). Black opal (1000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She keeps her long black crest kept up in a rat tail. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her red eyes.

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 is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Born to a Spice Merchant, her father struggled to pay the bills. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Mijira was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Poor, Military. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 6000 gp. Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Black opal (600 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Coral (120 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Black opal (600 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. He carries with him a set of shortbows on his belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. His red fur is braided into rings. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Bookbinder who has hired him part-time. 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 is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 600 pp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (60 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (60 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (60 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (60 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp).

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has moderate length silver hair. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A gifted student he started as a Knight, but he got bored and became a Glassblower. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Glassblower.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new glassblower responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1600 pp. Aquamarine (800 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is dressed in a clean white cloak covering his clean studded leather. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His hair is short and chestnut. He has violet eyes.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 900 pp. Sardonyx (80 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). White pearl (50 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Jade (50 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Fire opal (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.