Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. Her yellow fur is knotted and matted. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. She was taken from her home at a very young age. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

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

Flaws: Mundane, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 700 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a tan shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and red pants. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: Heian is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 7000 gp. Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He wears his blue crest up. He has gold eyes.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Direcris grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Guard.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 800 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2200 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (60 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (80 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (60 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (60 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (60 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull black iron scale mail. His blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Bellfounder business.

History: Carrie was born the youngest of three triplets. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Persistence, Optimist. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 700 pp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (3000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (140 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (140 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver ewer (30 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (30 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (140 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He dresses like a well dressed Bather does. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady red eyes.

Personality: This man loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his singing with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Bather. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1500 pp. Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a grey tunic with white highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around her shoes, and carries sais. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Red spinel (70 gp). White opal (1000 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Jet (70 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Blue star sapphire (1000 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Black opal (1000 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Emmeline is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Emmeline lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Emmeline has worked very hard to control her curse. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1900 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). 1 Medium magic item.