Description: She wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her blonde hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Kilia was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student she started as a Banker, but she got bored and became a Carter. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 4000 gp. Violet garnet (1000 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Amber (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Coral (70 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Hematite (4 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are brown.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Manfred was born the youngest of three triplets. In his 16th 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 has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Family, In love. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Silver ewer (10 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (10 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (90 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He is dressed in a clean green cloak covering his clean studded leather. He wears a colorful flower in his black crest. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. 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 is a Deep Scion in disguise. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Painter work with an outfit from a few towns over. Painter work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He came across an abandoned tomb where he found a relic that called out to him. After picking it up he was cursed by vampirism.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (170 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her white hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Through the years after Griselda was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Griselda's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Griselda and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 800 pp. Smoky quartz (20 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Sard (20 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'2" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears long strands of topaz and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her chestnut hair is heavily combed to the right. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Arha hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Born in the east to a Seamstress, Arha learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 800 pp. Red spinel (140 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Jet (140 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Sard (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Clear bright green emerald (8000 gp). Sard (40 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Emerald (1400 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Rose (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Sard (40 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a black vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her green leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her black boots flare out at the collars. Her red crest is unkempt and raggedy. Her red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1000 pp. Star rose quartz (50 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Black opal (1000 gp). Blue star sapphire (1000 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Jade (130 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp).

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright grey and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She has green eyes and a grey hat with a green feather.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Mortician profession.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Helen liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 600 pp. Sard (20 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Jet (40 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp).