Description: This tall, slender woman is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her hair is blue and curly. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is a Fortune-teller first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. At some point she was captured by dire rats and was tortured. After several years of this she finally managed to escape. She became a Fortune-teller soon after.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she desires power and/or immortality

Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 600 pp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'1" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a blue vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her blue boots flare out at the collars. Her black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 800 pp. Solid gold idol (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His red hair is knotted and matted. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Hugh was born the youngest of three triplets. Hugh liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He is content; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 800 pp. Moss agate (6 gp). Jet (60 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). Blue sapphire (900 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Red spinel (60 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She prefers to wear flannel. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was born into a rich family. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was granted druidic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Slave, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 600 pp. Jasper (80 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Sard (80 gp). Coral (90 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he very much looks the part of a Slave Trader. He wears his auburn hair up. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. 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: He got into the Slave Trader business at a young age. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He then took over the family business and is one of the better Slave Trader for hire.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 2000 gp. Solid gold idol (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (130 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Silver ewer (40 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 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.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She keeps her long white hair kept up in a rat tail. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Diesa has worked very hard to control her curse. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 12000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (70 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (70 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (70 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He keeps his long red crest kept up in a rat tail. His gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the north. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Flaws: Hedonist, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 3000 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (900 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (150 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (70 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp).