Description: This woman wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on her left hand. Her auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. She has violet eyes.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born in the west. Beatrice was born on a far western desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Miller. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical, Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Rock crystal (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Amber (140 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Sard (80 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Rose (80 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Coral (140 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Black opal (1200 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Jade (140 gp). Rose (80 gp). White pearl (140 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her chestnut hair is cut short. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Herbalist hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1000 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (50 gp).

Description: Standing 4'9", this woman wears baggy green pantaloons and a white scarf. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. She has a dull look in her white eyes.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. The war was a terrible time for her, and Uzza does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Mortician arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 south. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and doesn't want to be a mortician and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Rich, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 13000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Miles hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Miles fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she likes to wear tan tank tops with black skirt. Her hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. She has green eyes.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers.

Flaws: Greedy, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 2000 gp. Star ruby (1400 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Blue sapphire (1400 gp). Sard (40 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Coral (40 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She carries with her a set of sais, each one with a opal on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She hates brigands. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Anastrianna fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She wants revenge against brigands; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 5000 gp. Blue-white diamond (3000 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Rose (60 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Emerald (400 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Anastrianna speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. A friendly and beautiful Half-Elf, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: She got into the Ruler business at a young age. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Ruler.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 8000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (50 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.