Description: Runty and weak-looking, she dresses like a well dressed Mayor does. Her red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Ahlyssa is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She got into the Mayor business at a young age. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1100 pp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (70 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2500 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). Gold and ruby ring (3000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (70 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2500 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: He tends to wear a large red jacket. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. 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: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 4000 gp. Black pearl (500 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge, marred by beers. He has no hair. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Poor, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition, and carries halberds. Her red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: The child of a Mercenary, who enjoyed hunting, Lorilla was taken on many hunting expeditions. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Lorilla fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1000 pp. Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Amber (140 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Jet (140 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is wearing a long, tan cloak. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her trident, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. Her red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1200 pp. Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Canary diamond (8000 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Black opal (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: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'1" when asserting herself. Her white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Nurkara was orphaned to a temple shortly after her birth. She was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above herself and to hold her god always in her heart. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Nurkara was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

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

Possessions: 5000 gp. Deep green spinel (160 gp). Coral (160 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Emerald (800 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Jasper (50 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: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a brown deerstalker hat and brown clothes. He has moderate length lavender fur. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it; and revenge

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 6000 gp. Zircon (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Jade (150 gp). Star ruby (400 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Amber (150 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp).