Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His red hair and beard is wavy and long. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Layabout. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and money/treasure

Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 4000 gp. Aquamarine (700 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Jade (70 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Black star sapphire (500 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Coral (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'3". She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She has no hair. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting 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, Vola is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. 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: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver pearl (100 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Rose (40 gp). Black star sapphire (500 gp). Zircon (40 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She has moderate length chestnut hair. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Eleanor fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 700 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Silver ewer (50 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (70 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (70 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He typically wears green cloth garments or leather armor. He has dyed his greying blue hair a little too much giving a sharp blue color. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born in the east. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane, Insomniac. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 5000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Gold and ruby ring (7000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1500 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (120 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 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.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is wearing a long, tan cloak. She wears her red hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. 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: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing her hectic life and new bricklayer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Rich, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 6000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp).

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He is physically well-built. He wears a colorful flower in his auburn hair. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 5000 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (50 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (50 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (80 gp).

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered red stockings. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has moderate length white hair. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. 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: To end her boredom; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 pp. Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Jet (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Citrine (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.