Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears skinny pants and wears a tan and violet robe with the hood down. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. 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. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 6000 gp. Blue quartz (6 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Amber (60 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her hair is auburn and very short. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. When Matilda reached her early adolescence her Human mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Military, Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 900 pp. Azurite (8 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Jade (130 gp). Rich purple corundum (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His fur is gray and curly. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is a great chef.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Jeweler for the past few years.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and balancing his hectic life and new jeweler responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 900 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 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 (40 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (60 gp).

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Gerald was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. While he appears to be a normal Human, 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 7000 gp. Solid gold idol (400 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (70 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (70 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a simple black robe with brown stripes complete with hood. She wears a colorful flower in her chestnut hair. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. Murgen abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and she desires power and/or immortality

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 8000 gp. Violet garnet (500 gp). Coral (120 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This eastern woman sports green clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

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. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the east were limited. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 11000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). A small bag of saffron. (50 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2500 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (50 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (50 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (170 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2500 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears a brown broad hat and brown clothes. His hair is red and curly. His half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Eberk was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Many goblins want him driven away; and he wants revenge against goblins

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Terse, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 2000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1900 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (90 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (80 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A small bag of saffron. (80 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.