Description: She wears professional attire. Her black hair is braided into rings. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. Faral enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Carpenter arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 11000 gp. Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Sard (30 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Iolite (30 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears long strands of amethyst and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She's in love; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1000 pp. White pearl (80 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Iolite (60 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: An older woman who wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents, she is not a threatening figure. She has done her best to style her blonde hair to look like a famous performer. She has brown eyes and a grey hat with a tan feather.

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 obsessed with her god.

History: Heather lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1100 pp. Solid gold idol (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (20 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull white iron scale mail. Her gold crest is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are likewise red.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born to a Masseuse, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Her divine abilities were realized during a raid on her village. 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: She's looking for her big break; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (90 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1800 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (70 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (90 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has chestnut hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Logical. Flaws: Selfish, Mundane. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1500 pp. White opal (600 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She dresses in violet turtlenecks beneath a black coat with grey slacks. Her chestnut hair is singed and shortened. She has green eyes.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In her 15th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears bulky tan painted plate armor. He wears his golden hair down. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Glassblower responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1000 gp.