Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her red hair is braided into rings. She has white eyes and a black hat with a white feather.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She takes great joy in being the best Beggar in town.

History: The child of a Tanner, who enjoyed hunting, Kasdeya was taken on many hunting expeditions. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Citrine (50 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Eye agate (16 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Blue sapphire (1300 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Red garnet (110 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Peridot (30 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, 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 sports a flattop hair cut. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she's in love

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 7000 gp. Red spinel (110 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Emerald (1300 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Rose (70 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Sard (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a tattered pair of loose grey pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Eberk was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has achieved small success as a Dyer.

Motivation: Expand his business; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Disease, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 13000 gp. Sard (40 gp). Black opal (1400 gp). Brown diamond (3000 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Black star sapphire (1400 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has styled his red crest well, parting it to the right. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Fax fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Selfish, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 8000 gp. Coral (160 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she very much looks the part of a Crown-heir. Her brass crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Megren was born with her mother's beautiful face. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Crown-heir. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Secretive. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1000 gp. Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Eye agate (8 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.

Description: She stands about 2'10" and is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her hair is white and curly. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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 Dyer. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and she is greedy

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 9000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Rose (40 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Amber (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Star ruby (900 gp).