Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her head has been shaved. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Sardonyx (70 gp). Jasper (70 gp). White opal (1300 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Blue sapphire (1300 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'5". She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She sports a flattop fur cut. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Professionalism. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 300 pp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. She keeps her red hair in a pixie cut. She has a dull look in her white eyes.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born in the north to a Seamstress, Lerissa learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. 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: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 12000 gp. Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Golden pearl (120 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Clear bright green emerald (3000 gp). Coral (120 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp).

Description: This light-skinned male wears grey leather gloves, a grey jacket, and tight pants. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His hair is white and curly. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 20. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. While he appears to be a normal Dwarf, 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's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Insane, Addict. Bonds: Religious, Military, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 8000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her hair is long and white with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small tan clips. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 6000 gp. Violet garnet (1600 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 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 husky man, who wears tattered old clothes. His orange fur is braided into rings. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born in a small desert village. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 7000 gp. Hematite (10 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Amber (60 gp). Blue star sapphire (1300 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Jade (60 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Blue sapphire (1300 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Rose (80 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Rose (80 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Moss agate (10 gp).

Description: He stands about 6'9" and wears silk and lounges about seductively. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Five was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 400 pp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (90 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Silver ewer (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.