Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a black armored body suit, with a simple tan line shooting up and back down. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents enrolled him in a Druid school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Shepherd.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and expand his business

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his pickaxe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. His cinnamon fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has copper eyes.

Personality: He is a Tailor first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 north. He has worked as a Tailor like his father before him.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 600 pp. Sard (70 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Coral (50 gp). Jet (50 gp). Jet (50 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Banded agate (15 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Rimmon is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is a great chef.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 18000 gp. Carnelian (40 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Clear bright green emerald (5000 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). White pearl (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. With bright brown hair and a scraggly beard. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Junk Dealer but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. 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: He is greedy; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Persistence, Pacifist. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 4000 gp. Hematite (13 gp). Sard (40 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. Her silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 west. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Iolite (40 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Jade (160 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a black shirt with thin green vertical stripes and grey pants. She wears her green crest down. Her red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Biri was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A freak accident while working with her Sage father left her crippled. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1000 pp. Gold music box (3000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (50 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (50 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (50 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her tan robe. Her golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Avelina wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Druid, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Some 6 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Avelina never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, In love. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (700 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.