Description: She is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather, and she perpetually has her mace ready. Her brown hair is braided into rings. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is a Merchant first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born in the east to a Merchant, Shava learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Merchant for the past few years.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1300 pp. Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her hair is cut close to her head. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She is content; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 12000 gp. Gold music box (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2700 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (11000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a black broad hat and black clothes. She keeps her chestnut hair in a flapper bob. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. Some 4 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Manea never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 6000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Silver ewer (90 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (90 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is dressed in an above average manner. His long golden hair reaches down to his waist. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Shipwright. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Thradal was born with his father's beautiful face. Through the years after Thradal was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Thradal's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 12000 gp. Silver pearl (90 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Rose (20 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp).

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His red hair is singed and shortened. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gold.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. While he appears to be a normal Tiefling, 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. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and regain custody of his son

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 7000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2800 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (160 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 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 (60 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp).

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She sports yellow clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She wears her golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: Shanairla speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. 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; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 400 pp. A delicate brass dragon egg (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (170 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He has a missing left arm. He wears a black tunic with tan highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around his shoes. He keeps his long dark red hair kept up in a rat tail. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Amnon lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 12000 gp. Star rose quartz (80 gp). Sard (80 gp). Sard (80 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.