Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears professional attire. He has wavy brown hair. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He worked as a nervous Slave Trader and found it very stressful. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Slave Trader and was forced into it by his family; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 700 pp. Red garnet (130 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Sard (70 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp). Hematite (11 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her rusty crest is unkempt and raggedy. Her gold eyes peer out from beneath her small black hat.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Doudra lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her first spouse was a Spice Merchant, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to reunite with her absent mother

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 4000 gp. Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Sard (60 gp). Red garnet (110 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Jade (110 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Hematite (6 gp). White pearl (110 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a fancy yellow dress. She has moderate length auburn hair. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Herbalist but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She got into the Herbalist business at a young age. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Dwarven companion (her 'brother'). She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 9000 gp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (40 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (60 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). A small bag of saffron. (40 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (40 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). A small bag of saffron. (40 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (60 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (60 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a rapier, but if one is not available she will default to her axe. She has moderate length silver hair. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is a Butcher first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Born to a Fortune-teller, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She worked as a nervous Butcher and found it very stressful. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Butcher.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a fortune-teller again

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 4000 gp. Black pearl (800 gp). Black opal (1400 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 5'7" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her orange fur is still thick. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Soapmaker arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. 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 has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, In love. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 10000 gp. Eye agate (10 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Azurite (10 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears blue leather gloves, a blue jacket, and tight pants. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Frug has worked very hard to control his curse. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Frug fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is content; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 7000 gp. Star rose quartz (80 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). White pearl (50 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Star ruby (400 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Silver pearl (50 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. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She tends to wear a green poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She has dyed her greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. Her eyes are a pleasant white.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Born to a Layabout, her father struggled to pay the bills. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 7000 gp. Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Sard (60 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Black star sapphire (1400 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). 1 Medium magic item.