Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she usually wears her violet robe and has her ceremonial dagger always slung over her shoulder. She has shaved her head bald. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: This woman loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Merchant. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and she's in love

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 800 pp. Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Blue star sapphire (700 gp). Peridot (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She has a missing right leg. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She is a Jackalwere in disguise. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 900 pp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 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 (60 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (60 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This northern woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. Her black eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 7000 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: He wears violet trousers with grey and tan striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He carries a battered longsword and tarnished morningstar as well. His blonde hair is still thick. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

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 misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born in a small plains village. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Lewis and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Selfish, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Healer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 13000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His blonde hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 900 pp. White pearl (120 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Rich purple corundum (900 gp). Blue sapphire (900 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Star ruby (900 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Amber (120 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. 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 will rave to anyone who will listen. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born to a Miller, his father struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Bounty Hunter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Bounty Hunter for the past few years.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and balancing his hectic life and new bounty hunter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1000 gp. White opal (1600 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Coral (100 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'2" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her white crest is braided into rings. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Baker. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 700 pp. A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (30 gp). A small bag of saffron. (30 gp). Silver ewer (30 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.