Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. She wears her rusty crest down. She has a dull look in her red eyes.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is an amazing painter.

History: Antrara was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To protect her home; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Iolite (80 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Jet (80 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Brown diamond (3000 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Sard (80 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her chestnut hair is well kept. Her eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Occupation: Courier

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1100 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 6000 gp. Violet garnet (1500 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man tends to wear a large grey jacket. His brown hair is heavily combed to the right. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. 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: Born to a pair of adventurers, Dworic grew up listening to his father's many stories. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion.

Bonds: Nature, Rich, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 6000 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2200 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (80 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Standing 5'9", this man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull pastel iron scale mail. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. He has gray eyes and a grey hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He got into the Ruler business at a young age. Through the years after Bertram was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Bertram's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he is content

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy, Mundane, Depressed. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 6000 gp. Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. Her silver hair is well kept. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 10000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (60 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (60 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (80 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a simple black robe with blue stripes complete with hood. His white hair is lengthy. His silver eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He found a children's book about a Tiefling Druid who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 8000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1700 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (50 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (50 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (50 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1700 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (50 gp). Silver ewer (10 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (50 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp).