Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a green vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her green boots flare out at the collars. She wears her dark red hair up. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Armara has worked very hard to control her curse. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: In love, Family, Religious. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 10000 gp. Black pearl (1500 gp). Pink diamond (6000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Jade (70 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her golden hair is well kept. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving 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: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. A gifted student she started as a Servant, but she got bored and became a Courier. She has achieved small success as a Courier.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and balancing her hectic life and new courier responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Joker, Logical, Artistic, Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1300 pp. Malachite (11 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Black opal (400 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Rose (80 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Sard (80 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp). Golden pearl (120 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Star ruby (400 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He keeps his long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Ralf hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his singing career. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Military, Slave. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 3000 gp. Banded agate (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). Sard (50 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Rose (50 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Sard (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 5'11" and muscular, this eastern man is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He wears his auburn hair down. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A gifted student he started as a Herbalist, but he got bored and became a Gardener. He became a Gardener soon after.

Motivation: To be a Herbalist again; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 700 pp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (30 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (30 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (160 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (30 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp).

Description: She wears just a tan suit. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She keeps her long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Enidda hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Enidda was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She tends to her Fisher job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Job, Mentor, In love. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 11000 gp. Bloodstone (70 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Jet (130 gp). White opal (1200 gp). Jasper (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears dull black sweaters, loose red pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed monstrous two handed axe, just in case. Her brass crest is braided into rings. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. 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 son.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She's also a talented Spy, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 10000 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (80 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She usually wears her green robe and has her morningstar always slung over her shoulder. Her scarlet crest is unkempt and raggedy. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Kava wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Druid, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. Kava was born on a far eastern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Mercenary. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she has a crush on the local adventurer

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 600 pp.