Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His hair is short and auburn. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Ratlûg was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student he started as a Mason, but he got bored and became a Spice Merchant. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 12000 gp. Star rose quartz (70 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Rose (70 gp). Fire opal (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears dull blue sweaters, loose tan pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed ceremonial dagger, just in case, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'5" when asserting herself. With bright red hair. Her ears are large.

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. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Mella was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. Her first spouse was a Herbalist, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She became a Brewer soon after.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and wants to raise her children well

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Poor, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1200 pp. Star rose quartz (60 gp). Emerald (1300 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 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 is lean but muscular and wears bulky blue painted plate armor. His blonde hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Courier. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Military, Slave. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 4000 gp. Silver pearl (40 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Amber (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Sard (30 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Blue star sapphire (1500 gp).

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. Her hair is long and red with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small blue clips. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Sage business.

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 Sage. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 600 pp. Star rose quartz (60 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Sard (60 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). Azurite (4 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man wears a black tunic with brown highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around his shoes. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy white hair. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was taken from his home at a very young age. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Mayor and was forced into it by his family; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Silver ewer (30 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (30 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (130 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (130 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears a tight fitting violet shirt and pants. He keeps his chestnut hair in a flapper bob. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Junk Dealer born in the past three hundred years. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He has worked as a Junk Dealer like his mother before him.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Job, In love, Slave. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1900 pp. Moss agate (16 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Moonstone (20 gp).

Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her lavender fur is knotted and matted. This amber eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: This woman loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born into a rich family. Trail liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 3000 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp).