Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears baggy blue pantaloons and a violet scarf. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Zook's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, 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 guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Secretive, Fearful. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 3000 gp. Iolite (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 6'1", this woman typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull black iron scale mail. She has no hair. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Born in the east to a Banker, Gomory learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. While she appears to be a normal Tiefling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She struck the Banker job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and balancing her hectic life and new banker responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a black vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His yellow leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his black boots flare out at the collars. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are black.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1200 pp. Moss agate (6 gp). Jet (150 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Jet (150 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and pastel, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She carries with her a set of halberds on her belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. In her youth she was a Glassblower, and wanted to be a champion fighter when she grew up. She was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives she lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. She saw the brutality and swore off her fighting aspirations, taking her younger sister on her back after seeing her parents die, and fled the country. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 4000 gp. Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Sard (60 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Emerald (1100 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Rose (60 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Sard (60 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older woman who likes to wear ponchos typically of a light blue in addition to tight pants, she is not a threatening figure. Her brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She is content; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Mundane, PTSD. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1100 pp. Red spinel (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Jade (40 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Jet (40 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Jade (40 gp). Jet (40 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Azurite (9 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. Her blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Morana was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and doesn't want to be a spice merchant and was forced into it by her family

Flaws: Hedonist, Insane. Bonds: Job, Debt, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 9000 gp. A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (110 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (110 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (110 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (110 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'8". She tends to wear a tan poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She wears a colorful flower in her brown hair. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the west were limited. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 9000 gp. Aquamarine (1000 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Black opal (800 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Coral (120 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). White opal (800 gp). Star ruby (800 gp).