Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She has silver hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Crown-heir profession.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Shoemaker. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease, Insane. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1900 pp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty red coat over it. She has a long auburn ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She has all her life been fascinated with music.

History: She got into the Healer business at a young age. She worked as a nervous Healer and found it very stressful. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Healer for hire.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 5000 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (80 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (80 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (80 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (80 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (20 gp).

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His white crest is knotted and matted. This gold eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Baker. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he would like to get married and retire

Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 900 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (130 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (600 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (4000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (130 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (130 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp).

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears baggy pastel pantaloons and a black scarf. Her lavender fur is unkempt and raggedy. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Tabaxi culture. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Dilettante hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 19000 gp. Rose (80 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Jet (140 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Amber (140 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). White opal (900 gp). White opal (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An older woman who wears a violet shirt, with a green mid length skirt with green tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them, she is not a threatening figure. Her golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Ostracized due to the divine powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Insomniac. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 700 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a yellow shirt, with a brown mid length skirt with brown tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Beatrice was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. Some 9 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Beatrice never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 11000 gp. Red garnet (130 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Black star sapphire (1300 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Blue sapphire (1300 gp). Black opal (1300 gp). Black opal (1300 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Jet (130 gp). Rose (70 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Rose (70 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Black star sapphire (1300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He stands about 3'2" and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty red coat over it. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His tied-back hair is chestnut. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 96. 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 susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he feels threatened by others

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 6000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (3000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (150 gp).