Description: This woman is very fat, and wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her red hair is matted, messy, and big. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family, Nature. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 12000 gp. White opal (1200 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Onyx (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His crest is blue and curly. His eyes are gold and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 7000 gp. Alexandrite (1100 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp). Rose (30 gp). Jade (90 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Jade (90 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Rose (30 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Black opal (400 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a grey vest and prefers brown and blue shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her blonde hair is cut short. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born in the north. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Opinionated, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 12000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (50 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (170 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (170 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (5000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). A small bag of saffron. (50 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears rags and sports a simple walking cane and is in decent physical shape. Her golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: She got into the Jeweler business at a young age. Her childhood dream was to be a Banker, but she was a colossal failure. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Family, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1900 pp. 1 Major magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman wears skinny pants and wears a red and brown robe with the hood down. Her hair is red and curly. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Paela is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born to a Animal Trainer, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and obtaining odd cultural tabaxi artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 17000 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (160 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (3000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). A small bag of saffron. (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). A small bag of saffron. (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: This man wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has wavy white crest. His gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dragonborns in the north were limited. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he has a crush on the local knight

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: Standing 4'2", this woman is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She has wavy auburn hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing writing.

History: Werydd was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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. She has worked as a Spice Merchant like her father before her.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Spice Merchant responsibilities is difficult; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 400 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (30 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2300 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).