Description: This woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. This hazel eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Marastyr was born the youngest of three triplets. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. 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 is wracked by social anxiety; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (140 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her hair is short and blonde. Her skin is flawless and her hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a worn and beaten armor. She sports a flattop hair cut. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Helgret 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 spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 900 pp. Hematite (14 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Jade (90 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Jet (90 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'3" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She has a large blue mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her grey robe. She wears her golden hair up. Her green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Gifted from a young age, Loopmottin studied abroad. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. 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: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 11000 gp. Obsidian (6 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). White pearl (80 gp).

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. His brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is a Bellfounder first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the west. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has worked as a Bellfounder like his mother before him.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Insane, Forgetful. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 12000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'4". She is well dressed, constantly wearing a violet suit, red shirt, and violet tie. Her black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She was born in the west. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. Some 6 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Thiala never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Banker

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (110 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears just a green suit. She has done her best to style her brown hair to look like a famous performer. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: The child of a Shoemaker, who enjoyed hunting, Kasdeya was taken on many hunting expeditions. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: PTSD, Insane. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.